Monkeys climb onto a gate during the annual Monkey Festival, which resumed after a two-year gap caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Lopburi province, Thailand, November 28, 2021. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Monkeys sit on a tourist's back during the Lopburi Monkey Festival on November 28, 2021 in Lop Buri, Thailand. Lopburi holds its annual Monkey Festival where local citizens and tourists gather to provide a banquet to the thousands of long-tailed macaques that live in central Lopburi. This year the event was Lopburi's main reopening event since Thailand opened to foreign tourists without having to quarantine on November 1. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





A monkey sits on a pole at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Monkeys eat from an offering of fruit at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A baby monkey drinks water at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A monkey holds a juice box at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A monkey carries its baby at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A monkey and its baby sit on the shoulders of a tourist at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A monkey drinks a bag of juice at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Monkeys eat fruit given to them by locals and tourists during the Lopburi Monky Festival on November 28, 2021 in Lop Buri, Thailand. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





A monkey runs off with a yogurt cup during the Lopburi Monkey Festival on November 28, 2021 in Lop Buri, Thailand. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





A monkey chews on a brazillian tourist's hair at the Pra Prang Sam Yod temple during the Lopburi Monkey Festival on November 28, 2021 in Lop Buri, Thailand. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





Tourist visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, November 29, 2021. Thailand, starting this Wednesday, will ban visitors from eight southern African countries where the new COVID-19 variant omicron has been found. From Dec. 15, The kingdom will require arrivals from all other African nations to undergo a 14-day hotel quarantine upon arrival. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Tourist visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A woman visits “Form of Feeling @ Flower Market” as Thailand bans entry from eight African countries over the coronavirus Omicron variant, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





An AIDS patient is dressed up to mark World AIDS Day at the Glory Hut Foundation in Chon Buri, Thailand, December 1, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A three-month-old injured baby elephant, rescued after being caught in a hunter's trap and suffering from gunshot wounds receives medical treatment, at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi, Thailand, December 2, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A three-month-old baby elephant saved from a hunter's trap and sent for medical treatment for its mangled right front leg and recovery process is seen in Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi, Thailand, December 2, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A royalist supporter holds a photograph of Thailand's late king Bhumibol Adulyadej while waiting to catch a glimpse of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn at a groundbreaking ceremony for a monument of his father in Bangkok on December 5, 2021. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)





A Thai train mechanic checks the engine of the century-old steam locomotive number 824 during a special trip from Bangkok to the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, at the historic 105-year-old Hua Lamphong main railway station in Bangkok, Thailand, 05 December 2021. The Transport Ministry plans to decommission the historic 105-year-old Bangkok's main railway station in December 2021 after a century of operation as the newly built Bang Sue Grand Station opens service, sparking criticism from the public and commuters. The Hua Lamphong main railway station opened for public service in 1916 after six years of construction. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)