Thai-Italian songstress Silvy Pavida performs on the second night of the Very festival in Bangkok, Thailand on November 26, 2022. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Neato/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Monkeys climb on top of tourists during the Lopburi Monkey Festival on November 27, 2022 in Lop Buri, Thailand. Lopburi holds its annual Monkey Festival where local citizens and tourists gather to provide a banquet to the thousands of long-tailed macaques that live in central Lopburi. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





Monkeys walk past monkey statues during the Lopburi Monkey Festival on November 27, 2022 in Lop Buri, Thailand. Lopburi holds its annual Monkey Festival where local citizens and tourists gather to provide a banquet to the thousands of long-tailed macaques that live in central Lopburi. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





Monkeys eat fruits during the annual Monkey Festival in Lopburi province, Thailand, on November 27, 2022. (Photo by Juarawee Kittisilpa/Reuters)





Lopburi locals provide a platter of fruits for the monkey population on November 27, 2022 in Lop Buri, Thailand. Lopburi holds its annual Monkey Festival where local citizens and tourists gather to provide a banquet to the thousands of long-tailed macaques that live in central Lopburi. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





People cross a bridge illuminated with lanterns in Suan Luang Rama IX park in Bangkok on December 2, 2022. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)





A couple takes selfies in a sunflower field in Lopburi, Thailand on December 5, 2022. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





This is the breathtaking moment a herd of elephants held up traffic to cross a road in Thailand on December 4, 2022. The jumbos were moving through the forest when they emerged from trees in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeast Thailand, on Sunday afternoon. Wildlife rangers who had been monitoring the family stopped cars from driving along the mountain road in order to avoid vehicles from startling them. (Photo by Viral Press)





Chen Yu Fei of China reacts after missing a point against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan during a Women’s Singles semi-finals match at the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand, 10 December 2022. The HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 runs from 07 to 11 December. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





An elephant painted with France's national flags plays soccer during a soccer match with students in Ayutthaya province, Thailand on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





People walk past the decorations of Christmas and New Year celebrations outside shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 December 2022. As the Christmas festive season nears, shops and shopping malls are hoping to attract more customers over the Christmas holidays and boost sales in the festive season after tourism began recovering from lifting all COVID-19 restrictions measures in October. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





A festival goer catches a ride in an elephant golfcart on the grounds of Wonderfruit Festival on December 16, 2022. Wonderfruit Festival, Day 1 takes place in Chonburi Province on the outskirts of Pattaya, Thailand. (Photo by Matt Hunt/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Men throw nets as they fish in floodwaters following heavy rains in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





Soldiers, students and volunteers pack bags of food to distribute to flood victims following heavy rains at a school in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





Thai Buddhist monks walk in front of coffins of victims from the Sunday night sinking of a Thai Navy warship as they were carried in a repatriation ceremony with religious rites in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand, Thursday, December 22, 2022, before being flown to a Navy base in Sattahip district in eastern Chonburi province. The HTMS Sukhothai, a corvette in service for 35 years, sank Sunday night in rough seas with more than 100 people aboard. (Photo by Anuthep Cheysakron/AP Photo)





This photo taken on December 22, 2022 shows Lalita “Nan” Putchim, marine biologist and specialist in coral biology from Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, taking a photo of an outbreak of yellow-band disease on coral formations off the coast of Samae San island in Sattahip district in the coastal Thai province of Chonburi. Underneath Thailand's calm turquoise seas, Thai scientists are frantically studying a highly infectious disease that is killing the kingdom's vital corals – and threatening the local tourist economy. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





A woman visits illuminated decorations assembled ahead of Christmas and New Year's celebrations, at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand on December 22, 2022. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A boy wearing a Santa Claus costume poses for a picture ahead of Christmas celebrations at a primary school, in Ayutthaya, Thailand on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A handout photo made available by the Royal Thai Navy shows Thai navy personnel carrying the coffins of Royal Thai Navy Sukhothai crew members, who died after the Sukhothai sank in rough seas in the Gulf of Thailand, upon the arrival at the military base for religious ceremonies, at Sattahip in Chonburi province, Thailand, 26 December 2022. The Royal Thai Navy ship HTMS Sukhothai, carrying over 100 crew, capsized and sank in rough seas in the Gulf of Thailand on late 18 December night. Authorities rescued most of the crew and a search for 11 missing sailors continued, with 18 bodies recovered currently. (Photo by The Royal Thai Navy/EPA/EFE)





Hmong hill tribe men race wooden carts (known as Formula Hmong) during traditional Hmong New Year celebrations on December 26, 2022. In December or January, the Hmong celebrate their new year, called Noj Peb Caug (pronounced Nor Pe Chao). A larger public celebration takes place at an outdoor venue, There are many activities during this event, such as top-spinning games, arrow shooting contests, singing and dancing, and courtship games. Young men and women wear colorful interpretations of traditional clothing, in the hopes of attracting a life partner. Visitors are welcome to attend and can partake in photo booths with traditional clothes, play games, and watch local performances. Nowadays, traditional clothing is worn only on special occasions like wedding ceremonies and the New Year. (Photo by Pongmanat Tasiri/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)