A mahout has his elephants hold a plastic container during water battles as part of celebrations of Songkhran – the Thai new year – in the city of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, on April 11, 2016. The Songkhran Festival is marked throughout Thailand with water fights during the days around the new year on April 13. (Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP Photo)





A schoolgirl is soaked with water thrown by an elephant in a preview of the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival in the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 11 April 2016. The annual elephant Songkran is held to promote the tourism industry prior the three-day Songkran Festival which starts on 13-15 April annually and is celebrated with splashing water and putting powder on each others faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins from the old year. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA)





People are sprayed with water thrown by elephants in a preview of the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival in the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 11 April 2016. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA)





Elephants spray children with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A man is splashed by elephants with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Elephants spray people with water in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A boy and an elephant splash each other with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A boy is splashed by elephants with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Elephants spray people with water in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A woman is splashed by elephants with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A boy and an elephant splash each other with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Elephants spray people with water in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A boy is splashed by elephants with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A woman is splashed by elephants with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





People and elephants splash each other with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A man plays a trumpet while people are splashed by elephants with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Mahouts paint an elephant ahead of the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Mahouts paint an elephant ahead of the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Mahouts paint elephants ahead of the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)