A Thai rescuer carries a survived chicken from a fire at Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the most famous markets in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Hundreds of caged animals died Tuesday after the fire struck the market in Thailand's capital. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A worker uses preservation techniques on part of an old copy of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at the Museum of Islamic Cultural Heritage, which exhibits dozens of Koran scriptures estimated to be dated from 150 to 1,000 years old, in Yingor district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





An activist representative of sеx workers holds a sign during a demonstration calling for the legalization of prostitution at the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 June 2024. The Thai government has pledged to legalize the prostitution after the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security drafted a bill to protect s*x workers and regulate the profession in a bid to save sеx workers from being exploited. In Thailand sеx workers were fighting for their basic and occupational rights protection for decades but under the 1996 Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act which enforced sеx work a crime. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Caretakers help an elephant to feed her newborn at the Elephant Royal Kraal Village in Ayutthaya, Thailand on June 15, 2024. An elephant delivered male-female twins, an extremely rare event in elephant births. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Yoga enthusiasts perform exercises during a mass yoga exercise to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 June 2024. Hundreds of Thai and foreign Yoga enthusiasts took part in the mass yoga exercise organized by the Indian Embassy to mark the International Day of Yoga, which is celebrated annually on 21 June to raise the public awareness on the significance of health and spiritual benefits of practicing yoga. The annual International Day of Yoga has been celebrated annually worldwide since 2015 after the United Nations declared Yoga as a practice of physical, mental and spiritual exercise which originated in ancient India. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





A participant holds a rainbow flag at government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Thailand’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a marriage equality bill, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A member of the LGBTQ community celebrates after the Thai parliament passed the final senatorial vote on the same s*x marriage bill, at Government House in Bangkok on June 18, 2024. Thailand on June 18 became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-s*x marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a “victory” by campaigners. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP Photo)





Members of the LGBTQ+ community react as they arrive ahead of the passing of the marriage equality bill in its second and third readings by the Senate, which will effectively make Thailand Asia's third territory to legalise same-s*x unions, in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 18, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Members of the LGBTQ community celebrate after the Thai parliament passed the final senatorial vote on the same-s*x marriage bill, at Government House in Bangkok on June 18, 2024. Thailand on June 18 became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sеx marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a “victory” by campaigners. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP Photo)





A driver (L) walks past as taxis wait in a queue at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on June 25, 2024. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





A worker cleans a window of a train at Hua Lampong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Thailand's minimum wage is 363 baht (US$ 9.82) per day. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Dogs with rainbow-coloured costumes are seen at an LGBTQ+ Pride parade to celebrate after Thailand's passing of the marriage equality bill, which made it Asia's third territory to legalise same-s*x unions, in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Patipat Janthong/Reuters)





A Chinese art toy character Labubu arrives to Bangkok, during a campaign to lure Chinese visitors at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 01 July 2024. The Tourism Authority of Thailand invests one million baht (27.2 million US dollars) in a co-campaign with China's renowned Pop Mart art toy company by using a Chinese art toy, Labubu the devil doll with pointed ears and serrated teeth, as a cultural ambassador to lure Chinese visitors as well as marking the 50th anniversary of Thailand and China relationships. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





A young hill tribe boy has his hair and eyebrows shaved by a Buddhist monk during a head shaving rite of a mass Buddhist monk ordination ceremony for hill tribe men and youngsters at Wat Benchamabophit, also known as the Marble Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 05 July 2024. A total of 191 hill tribe men including young boys were to be ordained as Buddhist monks and novices in the annual mass ordination ceremony to mark the three-month Buddhist Lent which this year begins on 21 July as well as to honor the King's 72nd birthday anniversary on 28 July. For the duration of the Buddhist Lent, monks remain in one location, typically in a monastery or on temple grounds, where they engage in meditation and prayer, while laymen choose to observe Lent by giving up meat, alcohol, and perform other ascetic practices. In Thailand, a Buddhist man is expected to become a monk during some period of his life. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Pro-cannabis activists hold cannabis plants as they walk to Government House during a protest against the Thai government's proposals to reinstate cannabis on the list of narcotics in Bangkok on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





A group of dancers wearing costumes similar to that of Disney's Snow White dance in Dan Sai on July 09, 2024 in Loei, Thailand. The Phi Ta Khon Festival in Dan Sai, Loei province is a vibrant three-day celebration featuring colorful masked processions, raucous parties, and traditional ghost masks made from dried palm leaves and bamboo sticky rice baskets. Locals dress up in elaborate costumes with exaggerated features, some carrying wooden phalluses as symbols of fertility, while others daub their bodies in mud to represent rice fields. The festival combines elements of Buddhist merit-making, animistic beliefs, and Brahmanistic traditions as the townspeople invite protection from spirits and pray for bountiful rains for the coming farming season. (Photo by Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images)





A group of revellers in pink costumes dance on July 09, 2024 in Loei, Thailand. The Phi Ta Khon Festival in Dan Sai, Loei province is a vibrant three-day celebration featuring colorful masked processions, raucous parties, and traditional ghost masks made from dried palm leaves and bamboo sticky rice baskets. Locals dress up in elaborate costumes with exaggerated features, some carrying wooden phalluses as symbols of fertility, while others daub their bodies in mud to represent rice fields. The festival combines elements of Buddhist merit-making, animistic beliefs, and Brahmanistic traditions as the townspeople invite protection from spirits and pray for bountiful rains for the coming farming season. (Photo by Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images)





A female Brazilian Tapir named “Khao Knong”, 21 years and 8 months old, predicted the outcome of the UEFA Euro 2024 final match between Spain and England at The Chiang Mai Night Safari in Thailand on July 12, 2024. The national flags of both teams were hanged on the goalposts, each adorned with jackfruit leaves and various fruits such as bananas and carrots. The result showed that Khao Knong chose to eat the food representing Spain. The organizers of The Chiang Mai Night Safari are using a Brazilian Tapir to attempt to predict if Spain will be the final match winner against England during the UEFA Euro 2024 soccer tournament, which is taking place in Germany. (Photo by Pongmanat Tasiri/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A young worshipper holds a lotus flower as Buddhist monks gather at Wat Arun Buddhist temple during Asaha Bucha day in Bangkok on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP Photo)





People walk with candle lights around a large Buddha statue during a ceremony commemorating Asalha Puja Day, an annual celebration marking the beginning of Triple Gem at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)