Thai people put powder on the face of an officer during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





Young men don a powdery paste called din sor pong believed to bring blessings and protection as they take part in the Songkran water festival marking the Thai New Year in the Prachinburi province of central Thailand, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





Elephants spray water on party goers during Songkran on April 13, 2025 in Phra Nakhon si Ayutthaya, Thailand. Songkran, Thailand’s traditional New Year festival, takes place each April, the hottest month of the year. During the holiday, both locals and tourists celebrate by joining in water fights across the country. In Ayutthaya, elephants sprayed revelers with water in the historic town center. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





A woman reacts as water is splashed on her during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





People splash water during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





Revellers take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Khao San Road in Bangkok on April 13, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Revellers take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Khao San Road in Bangkok on April 13, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





People use large water guns to spray each other as they celebrate the annual Songkran festival in Bangkok, Thailand on April 14, 2025. Thailand celebrated the Thai traditional New Year, called Songkran in Thai and also known as ëthe water festivalí, on 13 April, with festivities going on on throughout the weekend. During Songkran, people celebrate the New Year by splashing water to each other as a sign of washing away sins and bad luck from the previous year. People across Thailand celebrate the New Year with parties and water related activities throughout the weekend. (Photo by Diego Azubel/Matrix Images)





A Thai Buddhist monk and novices prostrate during a meditation and dharma learning with digital media inside a room with appliances powered by renewable energy at Wat Phueng Dad temple in Bang Pahan district, Ayutthaya province, Thailand, 18 April 2025. The temple has implemented the use of solar panels to provide electricity for its daily needs after facing expensive bills. Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





Catholic faithful react after Mass, following the death of Pope Francis, at the Assumption Cathedral, in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Rescue workers and construction machinery remove debris at the site of a building that collapsed following an earthquake, on the one-month anniversary of Myanmar's deadly earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 April 2025. A 30-storey building of an under- construction State Audit Office tower collapsed following tremors from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March. After one month, the death toll of the building collapse in Bangkok, as reported on 28 April 2025, has reached 63 people with nine injured and 31 remaining missing, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Incident Command Center for Building Collapse. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Visitors are seen at the “100% DORAEMON & FRIENDS” tour exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 2, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Shiba Inus wearing costumes are pictured at the Pet Expo Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Thai officials dressed in traditional costumes walk with oxen during the annual royal ploughing ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





An 18-metre tall iconic art installation “KAWS:Holiday Thailand” featuring the “COMPANION” figures, created by artist Brian Donnelly also known as Kaws, is displayed in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A Thai veterinarian feeds a rescued baby orangutan seized from the illegal wildlife trade at the Royal Forest Department's Wildlife Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 May 2025. Two baby orangutans were rescued after Thai police and officials from the Department of National Parks arrested a suspect before handing them over to a buyer in Bangkok on 14 May 2025, as part of the country's wildlife trafficking combat initiative under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES). (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





A Thai Air Force officer adjusts the cap of a member of an honor guard in preparation for the arrival of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Thai lion dance troupe performers, hired by foreign devotees, prepare to perform a lion dance to worship a statue of Lord Brahma, the Hindu god of creation, during a worship session after their prayers were fulfilled at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, 21 May 2025. The Erawan Shrine houses a golden statue of Lord Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Built and blessed in 1956, the shrine is popular among both Thai and foreign tourists. Most devotees, primarily of Chinese origin, visit to offer prayers and hire Thai traditional dancers to perform worship rituals in gratitude after their wishes are fulfilled. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





This picture taken on May 24, 2025, shows a tourist posing for photographs at the Wat Rong Khun Buddhist temple, popularly known as “White Temple”, in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Dancers wearing rainbow costumes take part in the Bangkok Pride Parade 2025 to celebrate Pride Month in Bangkok, Thailand, 01 June 2025. Thousands of Thais and foreigners joined the parade along the main road of a major business district. Pride Month is celebrated worldwide every June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising and to raise awareness and promote equal rights for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)