A large-scale figure of Bumblebee, a fictional character from the USA film Transformers, displayed at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 July 2023. Thai authorities made a large-scale figure of Bumblebee and displayed it on a circle as a traffic sign for the driver's gaze to pay attention in an effort to prevent road accidents on a busy intersection as well as street decoration to attract tourists. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





Yoga enthusiasts perform a yoga exercise in a wine yoga class inside “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience”, a multi-sensorial exhibition featuring artworks of renowned artist Vincent van Gogh at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand, August 5, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Jockeys compete in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, Chonburi province, Thailand on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Jockeys compete in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, Chonburi province, Thailand on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Water buffalos and owners gather before the start of Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, in Chonburi province, Thailand on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Jockeys compete in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, Chonburi province, Thailand on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A jockey competes in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, in Chonburi province, Thailand on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Customers drink coffee as they playing with cats at Caturday Cafe, cat coffee, during International Cat Day in Bangkok, Thailand on August 8, 2023. International Cat Day is a celebration which takes place on 8 August of every year, was created by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in 2002, to raise awareness and understanding for cats and learn about ways to help and protect them. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Pheu Thai's prime ministerial candidate, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, attends a birthday celebration held by red shirt supporters, a day ahead of her father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, coming home from self-exile, at the party headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, walks with his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughters Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Pintongtha Kunakornwong at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, pays his respects to a portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Pheu Thai supporters react, after Thailand's parliament voted in favour of Pheu Thai candidate Srettha Thavisin's prime ministerial candidacy, in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, August 22, 2023. Thavisin from the populist Pheu Thai party secured enough votes in parliament to become the country’s 30th prime minister Tuesday, hours after former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned from years of self-imposed exile and began an eight-year prison sentence. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





A visitor experiences virtual reality whitewater rafting adventure at HackaThailand 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand on August 25, 2023. The HackaThailand 2023: Digital Infinity is a technology and innovation showcase event held to promote digital platforms development of economy, commerce, tourism, healthiest and games in a bid to drive Thailand as the digital gateway of Southeast Asia. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Forensic officers and a rescue worker arrive at a house where a woman and her two sons were killed and her husband was found severely injured, in Samut Prakan province on August 28, 2023. At least 11 people are suspected to be involved with a loan scam that allegedly drove a man to kill his wife and two young boys before trying to take his own life in their family home, Thai police said Wednesday. (Photo by Pongsakorn Rodphai/AP Photo)





Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, talks to reporters during a press conference at Pheu Thai Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is stressed but in good spirits, his daughter Paetongtarn said, in the latest update on his health since he went into a Police general hospital last week. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Thai architect Duangrit Bunnag has bags of cow dung thrown at him in response to Pheu Thai Party's inclusion of pro-establishment parties and the exclusion of progressive Move Forward party within the current ruling government coalition, at Mirror Art gallery in Bangkok on September 2, 2023. Renowned Thai architect and designer Duangrit Bunnag invited the public to watch him keep his promise after Tweeting a message announcing, “If Pheu Thai Party joins hands with the Palang Pracharath Party, I will allow people to throw sh*t at my head”. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin arrives at the government house before a royal audience ceremony to swear the oath of allegiance in Bangkok, Thailand on September 5, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Lek pets his goose “Liang” at his shophouse at Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand on September 11, 2023. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Foreign tourists dressed in Thai traditional costumes rented from a clothing rental shop visit Wat Arun or Temple of Dawn in Bangkok, Thailand on September 12, 2023. The first official cabinet meeting of Thailand's new government will discuss the proposed visa-free policy for Chinese visitors to encourage more arrivals as a main strategy to boost the country's tourism industry. The visa exemptions for Chinese visitors' policy is expected to start from 01 October 2023 onwards, according to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Birds sit in cages during a bird singing competition in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on September 18, 2023. Some 2,000 birds from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore were entered in the annual contest. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)