Farmers harvest rice in a field in Chainat province, Thailand on August 31, 2023. (Photo by /Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





An aerial view of green sea water caused by plankton bloom known to kill marine life, at Chonburi's coastline, Thailand on September 14, 2023. (Photo by Napat Wesshasartar/Reuters)





Tourists take photos of The Sanctuary of Truth Museum on September 24, 2023 in Pattaya, Thailand. Starting on September 25, tourists from China and Kazakhstan can enter Thailand without a visa for a 30-day stay. This policy is among Prime Minister Sretta Thavisin's initial actions to stimulate the post-pandemic economy, with a focus on enhancing tourism from neighboring nations, including China and India. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





Chinese tourists dance with puppet as they are welcomed on arrivals at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand, Monday, September 25, 2023. Thailand's new government granting temporary visa-free entry to Chinese tourists, signaling that the recovery of the country's tourism industry is a top economic priority. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Water pools on top of a water lily leaf after rain at Benchakitti Forest Park in Bangkok, Thailand on September 27, 2023. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Thai police officers stand behind packages containing seized crystal meth, methamphetamine, heroin during a news conference Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, September 28, 2023. Police in Thailand said Thursday they made one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of illicit drugs, a haul including methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin, with a total estimated street value of about 300 million baht ($8.2 million). (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A cat is dressed in cat fashion costume during a cat show event in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 September 2023. Various breeds of cats are presented at a cat show event for feline lovers aimed to boost the growing pet market. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





People flee following shots fired at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall, in Bangkok, Thailand on October 3, 2023. (Photo by Devjyot Ghoshal/Reuters)





Tourists evacuate from a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Hundreds of shoppers fled a major shopping mall in the center of the Thai capital Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon after what sounded like gunshots were heard inside. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





People exit the Siam Paragon mall as a shooting incident was still ongoing inside on October 03, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. A man opened fire inside Siam Paragon, one of Bangkok and Thailand's biggest malls, on Tuesday afternoon as people scrambled for safety and the Thai police said they were responding to the active shooter situation. (Photo by Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)





Security guards check a visitor's bag before allowing them into the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, October 4, 2023, a day after a teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside the major shopping mall. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





Aueang Chamnongnit holds a picture of her grandson 'Nong Captain' Phattharawat Chamnongnit, one of the children's care center mass shooting victims, at her home in Nong Bua Lamphu province, northeastern Thailand, 05 October 2023. Aueang Chamnongnit said 'It has been a year already. But it is hard to forget your grandson'. Families continue to mourn one year after a former police officer shot and stabbed 36 people, including 24 children, in a childcare center in northeast Thailand on 06 October 2022. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)





This photo taken on October 14, 2023 shows women, some in traditional outfit, dancing as they take part in a parade during the thai-khmer Sandonta festival, in Kantharalak district, Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket province. Sandonta or Sart-Khmer is a tradition to pay homage to the spirits of ancestors in the south of Isan near the cambodian border. (Photo by Amaury Paul/AFP Photo)





A man poses for a picture in between two giant Gundam statues by Bandai Namco in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





The fossil of a new ancient alligator species, “Alligator Munensis”, during a press conference at the Mineral Resources Department in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 October 2023. The new species Alligator Munensis' fossil was discovered in April 2005 in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand and is at most 230,000 years old. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)





A large illuminated advertisement on the side of a building is pictured amid high levels of air pollution in Bangkok on October 18, 2023. Air quality in the Thai capital could reach above a safe limit, the kingdom's pollution control agency warned on October 18, as the crop-burning season approaches. (Photo by Alex Ogle/AFP Photo)





Vendors prepare snacks made of peanuts during a vegetarian festival in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 October 2023. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Thailand's economic growth for 2023 down to 2.7 percent from 3.4 percent and lowered the gross domestic product growth in 2024 to 3.2 percent from 3.6 percent. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Coffins of 8 Thai workers killed in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas are displayed after being repatriated from Israel during a ceremony at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on October 20, 2023. At least thirty Thais have been killed in the conflict and another 17 are thought to have been abducted. About 30,000 Thais work in Israel, most in the agricultural sector, according to government figures. (Photo by James Wilson/Pool via AFP Photo)





A person participates in a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the Israeli Embassy, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Bangkok, Thailand on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Chinese tourists dressed in Thai traditional costumes rented from a clothing rental shop take memorial photographs during their visit to Wat Arun or Temple of Dawn in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)