People place krathongs, or floating baskets, in a pond to mark the annual Loy Krathong festival in Bangkok on November 11, 2019. Loy Krathong takes place on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai calendar, which usualy falls in November. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





A worker scales a skyscraper to install Christmas and New Year lights in Bangkok, Thailand on December 10, 2019. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Thai brides-to-be wearing bridal gowns compete in the “Running of the Brides” event in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2019. One hundred fifty couples of to be brides and their grooms compete in a three kilometers run race and challenge in seven tasks aimed to win a wedding package prizes including a pair of diamond rings and honeymoon trip to the Maldives. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Traditional Thai dancers prepare to perform during a street festival in Bangkok on December 15, 2019. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Children ride on a boat outside a house affected by floodwaters following heavy rains Sungai Kolok district in southern Thai province of Narathiwat on December 2, 2019. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





An animal activist with body paint protests for a boycott of Pata Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand on November 25, 2019. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A climate change activist holds a banner as she stages a “drop dead” flashmob protest against climate change consequences at Lumpini Park in Bangkok, Thailand on November 29, 2019. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





An elephant is seen chained at his enclosure at Khao Kheow Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand on November 30, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Children play with a priest before the arrival of Pope Francis at Saint Louis Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, November 21, 2019. Pope Francis called for migrants to be welcomed and for women and children to be protected from exploitation, abuse and enslavement as he began a busy two days of activities in Thailand on Thursday. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A Thai man dressed in a Pope Francis costume walks inside the grounds of the St Louis Church before the Pope's arrival at the Apostolic Nunciature Embassy of the Holy See in Bangkok, Thailand, 20 November 2019. Pope Francis has begun his three-day visit to Thailand, which runs from 20 to 23 November 2019. It will mark the 350th anniversary of the founding of the “Mission de Siam” and is aimed at promoting inter-religious dialogue. Francis is the first pontiff to visit Thailand in nearly four decades. It will be the second papal to visit Thailand after the late John Paul II in 1984. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





A nurse bows to the life size statue of Pope Francis as her friend takes a photograph at the St.Louis hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Pope Francis arrives in Thailand on Wednesday for the first visit here by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since St. John Paul II in 1984. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Dancers perform during the Holy Mass at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, November 21, 2019. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A child looks on as people wait for Pope Francis to conduct the Holy Mass at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, November 21, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Dancers perform during the Holy Mass at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, November 21, 2019. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A giant balloon representing a mythical creature flies over the crowd during “The Quest of Adventure in the World of Magical Tales” Christmas show performed by French group Plasticiens Volants in Bangkok on December 8, 2019. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Elephants are forced to perform a battle re-enactment during the annual Surin Elephant Round-up festival in the Northeastern Thai province of Surin on November 17, 2019. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





People paint a 3D pedestrian crossing in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand on October 25, 2019. (Photo by Prapan Chankaew/Reuters)





A girl holds up a picture of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida outside the Grand Palace before the Royal Barge Procession in Bangkok, Thailand, December 12, 2019. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A heavily decorated dump truck leaves a building site in Bangkok, Thailand on December 13, 2019. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)