Tourists pose as they enjoy the Mahanakhon Skywalk Rooftop at Mahanakhon building in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





This aerial photograph shows a tourist posing for photos at the Wat Rong Suea Ten Buddhist temple, popularly known as “Blue Temple”, in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





A dancer plays with fire on Chao Lao Beach, in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





This photo taken on June 9, 2025 shows sambar deer in an enclosure before being released as part of a joint operation between the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Thailand to increase the number of tiger prey in the wild, in Khlong Lan National Park in Thailand's upper central Khampaeng Phet province. In the thick and steamy virgin forests of western Thailand, twenty skittish sambar deer dart from an enclosure out into the undergrowth – unaware they may find themselves in the jaws of one of the habitat's 200 or so endangered tigers. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Tourists feed elephants on the side of the road on June 09, 2025 in Koh Chang, Thailand. Koh Chang, which means “Elephant Island” in Thai, was recently ranked the world’s second-best island by Travel + Leisure. Koh Chang is known for its waterfalls, beaches and marine life. The island placed just behind the Maldives and ahead of islands like Bali and Maui. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





A devotee runs over hot coals in a display of religious strength at the Guan Yu San Jao, a Taoist- Confucian shrine, in Bangkok, Thailand on June 8, 2025 during an annual ceremony to venerate their gods through the practice of various rituals including fire-walking. Thailand is home to a diverse range of religious beliefs and practices, with the majority being Theravada Buddhist but also including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and traditional Chinese Taoist-Confucianism. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes/ZUMA Press Wire via Alamy Live News)





Visitors take pictures at Khlong Lan waterfall in Khlong Lan National Park in Thailand's upper central Khampaeng Phet province on June 10, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Protesters shout slogans during a rally calling for the resignation of the Thai prime minister near the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 June 2025. A group of anti-Shinawatra protesters held a rally to call for the resignation of the prime minister following the leaked audio of her phone call with former Cambodian premier Hun Sen regarding the countries' border dispute. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





A woman reacts with Samoyed puppies as she performs yoga on International Yoga Day, in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 21, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A vendor waits for customers next to traditional Chinese home decorations for sale in Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand, 23 June 2025. The World Bank has revised down Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2025 to 1.8 percent, lowered from the earlier prediction of 2.9 percent, citing global uncertainties and higher US tariffs as significant headwinds slowing the economy. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





A hill tribe boy reacts as his hair is shaved by a Thai Buddhist monk during the head shaving rite of the 60th annual mass Buddhist monk ordination ceremony for hill tribe men and youngsters at Wat Benchamabophit Dusitwanaram, also known as the Marble Temple, in Bangkok, Thailand, 27 June 2025. A total of 196 hill tribe males – 97 men and 99 boys – from northern Thailand were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices in the 60th annual mass ordination ceremony at Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok. The event is part of a national project, launched in 1965, aimed at spreading the Buddha’s Dharma to promote knowledge, wisdom, social and mental understanding, and improve welfare for hill tribe communities. The ceremony marks the start of Buddhist Lent, which begins this year on 11 July, and also honors the Thai King’s 73rd birthday on 28 July. During Lent, monks remain in one place to meditate and pray, while laypeople may give up meat or alcohol and observe other ascetic practices. In Thailand, it is traditional for Buddhist men to become monks at some point in their lives. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





People play a skipping rope game with giant dolls named “Young-hee” and 'Chul-su' from Netflix series “Squid Game” during a promotional event of “Squid Game 3” final season at City Hall Square in Bangkok, Thailand on June 30, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra gestures, after Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended her from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A Chinese tourist poses for a photograph with an inflatable artwork entitled Panda Seven, created by Chinese artist Leo Huang, at the Yimu Art Exhibition at ICONSIAM shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, 03 July 2025. The Yimu Art Exhibition, in collaboration with China's Yimu Art Studio, showcases the inflatable sculpture Panda Seven by Leo Huang to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Thai-Chinese diplomatic relations. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





Thai transgender artists wait backstage prior to a grand show to mark the 50th anniversary celebrations of Tiffany's Show – dubbed the first and oldest transgender cabaret show in Southeast Asia, in Pattaya on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Dancers seen performing on the stage during the 50th anniversary of The Tiffany's Show Pattaya at Pattaya on July 3, 2025. (Photo by ZUMAPRESS.com/The Mega Agency)





An activist of Writing Thailand's Cannabis Future reacts as he attends a protest at the Ministry of Public Health to call for a responsible and well-regulated approach to cannabis and the urgent passage of an act, as Thailand moves to recriminalise marijuana as a narcotic, in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





People take pictures and watch Moo Deng, a one-year-old female pygmy hippo who became a viral internet sensation last year, celebrating her first birthday as she eats fruits and vegetables cake with her mother Jona, at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





This aerial photo taken on July 18, 2025 shows the giant Buddha statue at the Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen Buddhist temple complex in Bangkok. (Photo by Watsamon Tri-Yasakda/AFP Photo)





Giant Spinosaurus installations float on the Chao Phraya River, during the 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' movie promotional event in Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July 2025. A promotional event for “Jurassic World: Rebirth” was held on Bangkok's Chao Phraya River. The film was shot in Thailand, in locations such as Krabi, Trang, Phang Nga, and Chiang Mai province. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)