A pro democracy demonstrator smiles as they regroup after police cleared their protest venue in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, October 16, 2020. Thailand prime minister has rejected calls for his resignation as his government steps up efforts to stop student-led protesters from rallying in the capital for a second day in defiance of a strict state of emergency. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Pro-democracy demonstrators travel on motorcycles after ending their protest for the day in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, October 16, 2020. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A security guard stands watch as placards against shutting down mass transport systems hang at Ashok BTS station in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, October 18, 2020. The authorities in Bangkok on Sunday shut down a mass transit line as Thailand's capital city braced for a fifth straight day of determined anti-government protests. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Supporters of monarchy display images of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida during a gathering to show their support at Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, October 21, 2020. A small group of royalist gathered to show their loyalty to the monarchy and declare they will defend the institution from any attacks. Royalists this week stepped up their activities online and in the streets, in counterpoint to ongoing student-led protests whose demands include reform of the monarchy to have it to better conform with democratic norms. (Photo by Peerayot Lakkananukul/AP Photo)





Pro-democracy protesters show three fingers salutes as they attend an anti-government protest, in Bangkok, Thailand on October 21, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A person takes part in a Thai anti-government mass protest, on the 47th anniversary of the 1973 student uprising, near the Democracy monument, in Bangkok, Thailand on October 14, 2020. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Pro-democracy protesters shine their mobile phone lights during an anti-government protest, in Bangkok, Thailand on October 18, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Students run during a clash between pro-democracy protesters and royalists in Bangkok, Thailand on October 21, 2020. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Pro-democracy protesters make a three-finger salute at 6:00 Pm, at the time the national anthem is usually played in all public transport stations in Bangkok, Thailand on October 20, 2020. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Pro-democracy students, covering their school identification with duct-tapes, flash three-fingered salute during a protest march at the central business district in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, October 15, 2020. Thailand's government declared a strict new state of emergency for the capital on Thursday, a day after a student-led protest against the country's traditional establishment saw an extraordinary moment in which demonstrators heckled a royal motorcade. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Pro-democracy protesters flash a three-fingered salute as they try to cross the barriers during an anti-government protest at Victory Monument during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, October 18, 2020. Thai police on Sunday declined to say whether they were taking a softer approach toward student anti-government demonstrations, after several mass rallies attracting thousands of protesters ended peacefully in Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A pro-democracy protester covered in blue paint lies on a road during a protest in Udom Suk, suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, October 17, 2020. The authorities in Bangkok shut down mass transit systems and set up roadblocks Saturday as Thailand’s capital faced a fourth straight day of determined anti-government protests. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A pro-democracy protester dresses as clown during a protest near a main train station in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, October 17, 2020. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Pro-democracy protesters flash three-fingered salute during a protest in Udom Suk, suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, October 17, 2020. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A student wearing a face mask has her body temperature checked due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before entering a school in Bangkok, Thailand, October 7, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A public health worker screens Chinese tourists from Shanghai who arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport on a Special Tourist Visa, in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Thailand on Tuesday took a modest step toward reviving its coronavirus-battered tourist industry by welcoming 39 visitors who flew in from Shanghai, the first such arrival since normal traveler arrivals were banned almost seven months ago. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





Pigeons fly out from the mouth of a giant Buddha statue at Wat Nam Daeng Buddhist temple in Chachoengsao province, east of the Thai capital Bangkok, on October 11, 2020. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Thai devotees are possessed by spirits and pierced with long needles during a Vegetarian ritual at the Sapam Shrine on October 19, 2020 in Phuket, Thailand. Thailand holds its first major festival since COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were put in place in March of 2020. The annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, where devotees follow a strict vegetarian diet to celebrate the 9 Emperor Gods, remains one of the most popular events in Thailand. This year, the Thai government hopes that allowing the festival to happen despite emergency decrees will help boost the suffering local economy. The Phuket airport is expected to receive nearly 15,000 domestic travellers per day throughout the duration of the 9 day festival, generating millions of baht. Over the course of the pandemic Phuket has been one of the hardest hit areas in Thailand, with 80% of the island's profits reliant on foreign visitors and tens of thousands unemployed. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





Thai devotees who are possessed by spirits cut their tongues during the first street procession of the Vegetarian Festival held at the Choor Su Gong Shrine on October 18, 2020 in Phuket, Thailand. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





Thai devotees are possessed by spirits and pierced with long needles during a Vegetarian ritual at the Sapam Shrine on October 19, 2020 in Phuket, Thailand. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)