This photo taken on December 25, 2022 shows an Eastern Sarus crane that was captively-bred at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo being encouraged to fly away after being released at Huai Chorakhe Mak reservoir in the eastern Thai province of Buriram. As the sun came up 13 endangered Thai Eastern Sarus cranes were released, noisily flapping over rippling waters in northeastern Thailand, the latest effort to revive the feathered species. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo via Getty Images)





A performer takes part in a fire show at the beach in Phuket, Thailand on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A greedy wild elephant shunned jungle leaves and instead stopped passing trucks to steal sugarcane. The 35-year-old jumbo nicknamed “Fatty” by locals emerged from the forest on a road in Chachoengsao province, Thailand, on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Au Wanapin/ViralPress)





Buddhist monks pray during the mass alms giving ceremony for New Year where 3,000 monks attend at Wat Phra Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple on January 01, 2023 in Pathum Thani, Thailand. Alms giving ceremony is commonly practiced by Thai Buddhists during New Year. It has been three years since Wat Phra Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple last organized a mass alms giving ceremony due to the pandemic. (Photo by Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)





Fireworks explode over Wat Arun of the temple of dawn during the New Year celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand on January 1, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Thai devotees offer prayers with flowers, candles and joss sticks lie down inside coffins as a Buddhist monk officiates at ritual believed to get rid of their bad fortune through a resurrection rite to mark the New Year at Wat Bang Na Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 01 January 2023. Thai devotees attended the resurrection ceremony at the Buddhist temple by laying down inside coffins with a white cloth cover over them as a Buddhist monk chanted a dirge for the symbolic death to, then rise up again believing that they have been cleansed of their karma, get rid of bad luck and have been reborn for a fresh start in life with protection from harm, wealthier, in good health and that their wishes have been completely fulfilled to mark the start of new year. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Devotees lie down and pray inside coffins to get rid of bad luck and to reborn again for a fresh start in the New Year at a temple in Nonthaburi, in the outskirt of Bangkok, Thailand on January 2, 2023. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A woman walks past a decoration made of reflective balls outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on January 4, 2023. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





People visit a floating-cafe in Nakhon Pathom, outside of Bangkok on January 8, 2023. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Passengers from China's Xiamen arrive at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after China reopens its borders amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand on January 9, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A Chinese tourist in traditional Thai dress poses for a photograph at Wat Arun or the “Temple of Dawn” in Bangkok, Thailand on January 12, 2023. A hoped-for boom in Chinese tourism in Asia over next week’s Lunar New Year holidays looks set to be more of a blip as most travelers opt to stay inside China if they go anywhere. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A mother wipes her son's face as he rides on a dinosaur statue during Children's Day celebration at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand on January 14, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Passengers wait on a bench on the open air platform at the Hua Lamphong railway station in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, January 17, 2023. As Thailand officially opened what is said to be Southeast Asia's largest train station in Bangkok, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, the century-old iconic station will still be used for local operations for the time being. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A dragon dance performance is seen ahead of the Lunar New Year celebration in Bangkok, Thailand on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A dragon dance performance is seen ahead of the Lunar New Year celebration in Bangkok, Thailand on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A person poses next to a light sculpture ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkok's Chinatown, Thailand on January 19, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Tourists visit Wat Arun temple in Bangkok, Thailand on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A girl looks on from her lion head costume as she performs ahead of Lunar New Year celebration in Bangkok, Thailand on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A view shows traffic under a street decorated by red lanterns ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkokss Chinatown, Thailand on January 19, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)