Workers load campaign billboards displayed on roadsides to promote candidates for a general election onto a truck in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. The results of Sunday's general election will be formally announced on May 9. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Tourists wear masks in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The air hanging over Thailand's far north has become so polluted, the prime minister went Tuesday to see in person what's been called a severe health crisis. (Photo by Maytanan Merchant/AP Photo)





A solders in ceremonial attire sweats as he waits outside Suddhaisavarya Prasad Hall, in which Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn scheduled to grant a public audience in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 6, 2019. King Maha Vajiralongkorn was officially crowned amid the splendour of the country's Grand Palace, taking the central role in an elaborate centuries-old royal ceremony that was last held almost seven decades ago. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





An ethnic Kayan woman, also known as a long neck villager, waits to cast her vote for the general election in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, March 24, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)





A Thai customer looks for shoes in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 28, 2019. As Thais wait for official results of their general election, political parties led by one ousted from power in a military coup say they believe they have won enough seats to form the next government. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





In this March 17, 2019, photo, the Thai Palang Pracharat Party members parade through a town on a truck in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand heads to the polls Sunday, March 24, 2019 to vote in the country’s first general election since the military toppled an elected government in a coup nearly five years ago. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Thai people watch the coronation ceremony of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun on a large screen outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, 04 May 2019. The elaborate three-day traditional coronation ceremony of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn is a formal ceremony to complete the monarch's accession to the throne. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





A Thai officer adjusts a chair before the voting for the general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March 24, 2019. Thailand's first general election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup is scheduled to be held on Sunday. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





In this March 19, 2019, photo, Thai student walks over a footbridge bridge through dilapidated homes along the Phra Khanong canal in Bangkok, Thailand. Ahead of next weekend's general election, the widespread dissatisfaction among the country's poor with how the economy is doing may be balanced out by strong support for the junta from big business and wealthier Thais. For many voters, the still bigger issue is the role of the military after it took over in a 2014 coup. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Thai-German national David Pfizenmaier walks through a traffic intersection holding a sign encouraging Thais to vote in the upcoming election in Bangkok on March 21, 2019. Dressed in a Superman suit with red cape flowing behind him, a sweaty David Pfizenmaier jogs through Bangkok's standstill traffic and stops to unfurl a sign. The 40-year-old Thai-German said on March 21 he is not campaigning for a specific party, but is instead on a mission to boost turnout, especially among younger voters, “because the military government is not the solution for the long term”. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Honour guards prepare for the welcome ceremony of Cambodia's Army Chief Hun Manet at the Thai Army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Novice nuns walk in line to receive food from people during the Songkran Festival at the Sathira-Dhammasathan Buddhist meditation centre in Bangkok, Thailand, April 14, 2019. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





People play with water guns during Songkran Water Festival to celebrate Thai New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand on April 14, 2019. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People stand in front of a portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn during a rehearsal of his coronation procession which will take place next week in Bangkok, Thailand on April 28, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Morakot Phaophong, 47, sculpts the bust of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok, Thailand April 23, 2019. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Television at a street noodles shop broadcast Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn's coronation ceremony Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. Saturday began three days of elaborate centuries-old ceremonies for the formal coronation of Vajiralongkorn, who has been on the throne for more than two years following the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 after seven decades on the throne. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A student has her picture taken with a King Kong sculpture made out of straw in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai on April 3, 2019. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





The leader of the plowing ceremony Anan Suwannart throws rice seeds into the field during the royal event in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 9, 2019. The annual event marks the beginning of the growing season in Thailand for rice. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Police officers use metal detectors to check people who arrive to watch King Maha Vajiralongkorn's coronation ceremony Sunday, May 5, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. Saturday began three days of elaborate centuries-old ceremonies for the formal coronation of Vajiralongkorn, who has been on the throne for more than two years following the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 after seven decades on the throne. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Tourists perform as the students (C) are doused with a water gun battle as they join the Songkran Festival, the celebrations on Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 April 2019. Songkran Festival is held to mark the Thai traditional New Year falling annually on 13 April, and it is celebrated thoughout the Kingdom with splashing water and putting powder on each others faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins from the past year. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





A man walks past a painting entitled “Oop” by Thai artist Padunpong Saruno on display at an arts stall at the STYLE Bangkok, international trade fair at BITEC in Bangkok, Thailand, 20 April 2019. The fair, which is held biannually, offers large discounts to consumers as well as novelty products ranging from furniture to gifts and house ware, and fashion. The STYLE Bangkok International fair is open to the public from 20-21 April. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Thai people sit on a side-road, anticipating access to Suddhaisavarya Prasad Hall, in which Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn scheduled to grant a public audience in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 6, 2019. King Maha Vajiralongkorn was officially crowned amid the splendor of the country's Grand Palace, taking the central role in an elaborate centuries-old royal ceremony that was last held almost seven decades ago. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





In this January 31, 2018, file photo, a full moon rises behind the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The official coronation of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who is also known as Rama X, involves months of rituals that will culminate in three days of elaborate pageantry, including a parade and an appearance by the king on a balcony of the Grand Palace. The final event will be a royal barge procession in October, 2019. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo/File)





In this photo released by King Power, Thai Buddhist monks walk during a cremation ceremony sponsored by the Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn at the Debsirindrawas Ratchaworawiharn Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Vichai died last year when his helicopter crashed in a parking lot next to the English Premier League club's stadium. (Photo by King Power via AP Photo)





Elephants are paraded outside the Grand Palace in honor of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn following his coronation ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (Photoby Rapeephat Sitichailapa/AP Photo)





Elephants from Ayutthaya camp prostrate as part of a procession near the Grand Palace to celebrate Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's coronation, in Bangkok, Thailand on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Royal astrologers and members of the Royal Thai court participate in a ritual ahead of the coronation to inscribe Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's name and title, cast the king's horoscope, and engrave the king's official seal at the Wat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand April 23, 2019. (Photo by Thailand Royal Household via Reuters)





Rescue and security personnel gather outside the scene of a fire at the Central World mall complex in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. The fire had broken out in the Central World mall complex in Thailand's capital, with reports from emergency services saying it has caused a number of fatalities. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





In this February 2006, file photo, Thai monks walk in front of Grand Palace at Sanam Luang in Bangkok, Thailand. The official coronation of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who is also known as Rama X, involves months of rituals that will culminate in three days of elaborate pageantry, May . 4-6, 2019, including a parade and an appearance by the king on a balcony of the Grand Palace. The final event will be a royal barge procession in October, 2019. (Photo by Wasan Wanichakorn/AP Photo/File)





Thai people make offerings to Buddhist monks who collect alms close to The Grand Palace in which King Maha Vajiralongkorn's coronation takes place on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. King Maha Vajiralongkorn was officially crowned amid the splendor of the country's Grand Palace, taking the central role in an elaborate centuries-old royal ceremony that was last held almost seven decades ago. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A Thai provincial governor transfers an ewer containing sacred water from across country to a consecration rite for the King's coronation ceremony at Wat Suthat Thepwararam royal temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 April 2019. The sacred water collected from more than 100 sources nationwide are ritually consecrated for a centuries-old ceremonial purification shower on 04 May 2019 in the three-day ancient elaborate traditional coronation ceremony for Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun on 04 to 06 May 2019. The coronation is a formal ceremony to complete the monarch's accession to the throne. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Royal Guards march during the coronation of Royal Coronation of King Rama X on May 4, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand held its first coronation for the first time in nearly seven decades as King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, was crowned on Saturday following an extended mourning period for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 at the age of 88. The elaborate three-day ceremony reportedly cost around $31 million as King Vajiralongkorn circled around parts of Bangkok on a royal palanquin after being presented with a gold 7.3-kilogram crown and a sacred nine-tiered umbrella. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)