Large Buddha a 69-metre-tall statue with a 40-metre lap has been built at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, Phasi Charoen district, in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 20, 2020. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Thai narcotics officials put bags of methamphetamine pills into a bin during the 50th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A vendor pushes an improvised cart with a woman and merchandise along a rarely used rail track in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Daily life in the capital slowly returns to normal as the Thai government eases many restrictions imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. Though emergency regulations require the use of face masks in public, some residents have become apathetic as Thailand has record zero local transmission for over three weeks. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A Thai visitor feeds elephants at the reopened Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, 24 June 2020. The elephant camp reopened and offered free entry to attract visitors and demanding tourists to buy fruits for the animals in an effort to resume activity after being closed due to the pandemic. (Photo by Pongmanat Tasiri/EPA/EFE)





In this file photo taken on March 24, 2020 a woman carries a baby under an umbrella with a plastic covering as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at a market in Bangkok. Thailand is set to declare a state of emergency to slow the spread of a virus which has killed four in the kingdom, its premier said March 24. (Photo by Vivek Prakash/AFP Photo)





Warisara Klawkla, a daughter of teacher Watcharee Klawkla, colors a drawing made to educate children on COVID-19 prevention methods while her mother help cooking a meal at Makkasan preschool in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The teachers, many of whom are from the community, are eager to have the children back in the classroom but recognize the challenges posed by social distancing active preschoolers in a compact facility in this densely populated community. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus practices Tai Chi at Lumpini park in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 26, 2020. Daily life in the capital resumes to normal as the government continues to ease restrictions related to running business and activities that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. Thailand reported no local transmissions of the coronavirus in the past 4 weeks. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A girl observes a partial solar eclipse on the Mahanakhon Skywalk Glass Tray at the King Power Mahanakhon building in Bangkok, Thailand, June 21, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Kindergarten students from the Wichuthit school eat their lunch during a social distancing rehearsal ahead of nationwide schools reopening in Bangkok, Thailand, June 23, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Students of Sam Khok school wearing face masks and face shields are seen inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions as they attend a class after the Thai government eased isolation measures and introduced social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as schools nationwide reopen, at Pathum Thani province, Thailand, July 1, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Vehicles are parked at the first drive-in movie theatre for people to enjoy movies while keeping social distancing amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, July 2, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Thai Buddhist monks wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk to collect alms from devotees in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Daily life in the capital is resuming to normal as the Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business and activities that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A man receives a haircut from a roadside barber in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Daily life in the capital is resuming to normal as the Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business and activities that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Members of the media take a photo of a protester dressed in a vintage uniform during a demonstration to demand for change in the constitution on the 88th anniversary of a revolt that ended absolute monarchy in the country, in front of parliament building in Bangkok, Thailand, June 24, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A kindergarten student from the Wichuthit school wearing a face mask cleans his shoe at an anti-COVID-19 station before entering his school during a rehearsal social distancing and measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ahead of nationwide school reopening in Bangkok, Thailand, June 23, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A woman looks through an art installation of Rattana Sudjarit at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





This photograph taken on June 20, 2020 shows a man cleaning a roundabout, one of the main gathering points of the longtail macaques in the town of Lopburi, some 155 km north of Bangkok. Residents barricaded indoors, rival gang fights and no-go zones for humans. Welcome to Lopburi, an ancient Thai city overrun by monkeys super-charged on junk food, whose population is growing out of control. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





This photograph taken on June 21, 2020 shows longtail macaques gathering outside a closed shop in the town of Lopburi, some 155 km north of Bangkok. Residents barricaded indoors, rival gang fights and no-go zones for humans. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Tents of food stalls and other vendors are illuminated at Rot Fai Market in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 19, 2020. Daily life in the capital resumes to normal as the government continues to ease restrictions related to running business and activities that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. Thailand reported no local transmissions of the coronavirus in the past 3 weeks. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on July 2, 2020, a woman prays under the fingertips of the largest Buddha statue in Thailand, in Ang Thong province, north of Bangkok, as authorities reopened sites to tourists following lockdowns to halt the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (Photo by Alex Ogle/AFP Photo)