A woman shields herself from sunlight during hot weather in Bangkok, Thailand, 02 April 2024. The Meteorological Department issued a public warning of hot and extremely hot weather in Thailand with the weather forecasts of the highest temperature possibly reaching 43.0 to 44.5 degrees Celsius in the North, Northeast, upper parts of the Central Plains, and the East regions of the country which is about 30 percent higher average temperature than normal levels. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Boys splash seawater while running on the shore during the sunset along Nathon Beach in Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, Thailand on April 7, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A monk walks with Thai soldiers carrying the coffins of two army rangers killed in an attack the day before, during a ceremony at Narathiwat airport in Thailand's deep south on April 9, 2024. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





A woman walks through spay water for cooling down from hot temperatures in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Thailand, Cambodia and other countries in this region are celebrating with their annual water festivals as they also suffer through the global heat wave. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Young men wash their feet while Thai Muslims observe the beginning of Eid al-Fitr at Masjid Buddarul Mumineen mosque in Bangkok, Thailand on April 10, 2024. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Thai military personnel stands guard overlooking the Moei river on the Thai side, near the Tak border checkpoint with Myanmar, in Thailand's Mae Sot district on April 11, 2024. Myanmar junta troops have withdrawn from a major trade hub near the Thai border following days of clashes, an ethnic armed group told AFP on April 11, 2024, dealing a further blow to the embattled military. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Miss Universe Thailand 2023 Anntonia Porsild sits atop a float during a parade to celebrate the upcoming Thai New Year, locally known as Songkran, in Bangkok on April 11, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Military personnel stand guard, as a stream of people, some of them fearing air strikes, queued at a border crossing to flee Myanmar early on Friday, a day after the strategically-vital town of Myawaddy adjoining Thailand fell to anti-junta resistance that has been growing in strength, in Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand, on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Revellers take part in mass water fights on the eve of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Khao San Road in Bangkok on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Tourists play with water as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A man reacts as water is splashed on him during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Saturday April 13, 2024. It's the time of year when many Southeast Asian countries hold nationwide water festivals to beat the seasonal heat, as celebrants splash friends, family and strangers alike in often raucous celebration to mark the traditional Theravada Buddhist New Year. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





Thai locals and tourists play with water guns during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday April 13, 2024. (Photo by Tananchai Keawsowattana/AP Photo)





A man is splashed with water as he celebrates the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Chinese tourists play with water as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Locals and tourists play with water as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





People play with water as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Tourists play with water as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Revellers dance and play with water during a gay parade as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Revellers play with water during a gay parade as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Thais make a merit by offering food to a Buddhist monk during the morning alms as a religious merit making rite to mark the Thai traditional New Year known as “Songkran”, at Sanam Luang Royal Ground in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 April 2024. Thailand celebrates the Thai traditional New Year 'Songkran' festival, also known as the water festival, which annually falls on 13 April, and is celebrated with splashing water as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins and bad luck from the old year. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed Thailand's Songkran Festival in the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)