Members of Japan's Self-Defence Force's honour guard prepare for a ceremony for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo December 16, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Members of Japan's Self-Defence Force's honour guard prepare for a ceremony for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo December 16, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Members of Japan's Self-Defence Force's honour guard prepare for a ceremony for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo December 16, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Members of Japan's Self-Defence Force's honour guard prepare for a ceremony for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo December 16, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Officials take part in a procession with the royal carriage, containing the remains of Thailand's late Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Somdet Phra Sangharaja, during his cremation ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, December 16, 2015. Thai Buddhists paid their last respects to the country's late Supreme Patriarch, the head of the order of Buddhist monks in Thailand, who died in October 2013 at the age of 100. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Officials take part in a procession with the royal carriage containing the remains of Thailand's late Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Somdet Phra Sangharaja, during his cremation ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, December 16, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Officials take part in a procession with the royal carriage containing the remains of Thailand's late Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Somdet Phra Sangharaja, during his cremation ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, December 16, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Thai Royal Guards take part in a procession with the royal carriage containing the remains of Thailand's Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Somdet Phra Sangharaja, during his cremation ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, December 16, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Bangladeshi army tanks move past during the celebration of the country’s 45th Victory Day at the national parade ground in Dhaka December 16, 2015. (Photo by Ashikur Rahman/Reuters)





Bangladeshi army commandos march past during the celebration of the country’s 45th Victory Day at the national parade ground in Dhaka December 16, 2015. (Photo by Ashikur Rahman/Reuters)





Bangladeshi air force training aircraft fly past during the celebration of the country’s 45th Victory Day at the national parade ground in Dhaka December 16, 2015. (Photo by Ashikur Rahman/Reuters)





Bangladeshi army soldiers march past during the celebration of the country’s 45th Victory Day at the national parade ground in Dhaka December 16, 2015. (Photo by Ashikur Rahman/Reuters)





Members of the Bangladesh's border guards march past a dais during the celebration of the country’s 45th Victory Day at the national parade ground in Dhaka December 16, 2015. (Photo by Ashikur Rahman/Reuters)





Veterans of the Bangladesh war of liberation march past during the celebration of the country’s 45th Victory Day at the national parade ground in Dhaka December 16, 2015. (Photo by Ashikur Rahman/Reuters)