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A boy reacts as a bucket of water is splashed on him during the Songkran water festival to celebrate Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)

A boy reacts as a bucket of water is splashed on him during the Songkran water festival to celebrate Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)




Revellers use water guns as they participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. The Songkran festival, also known as the water festival, marks the start of Thailand's traditional New Year and is believed to wash away bad luck. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Revellers use water guns as they participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. The Songkran festival, also known as the water festival, marks the start of Thailand's traditional New Year and is believed to wash away bad luck. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)




Revellers use water guns as they participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Revellers use water guns as they participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)




Revellers use water guns as they participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Revellers use water guns as they participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)




Revellers react as they are splashed with foam and water during Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Revellers react as they are splashed with foam and water during Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)




Revellers participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Revellers participate in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations at Silom road in Bangkok April 13, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)




A motorcyclist dodges in the annual water-splashing festival to mark the New Year of the Dai minority in Menglian, Yunnan province April 13, 2015. Picture taken April 13, 2015. (Photo by Wong Campion/Reuters)

A motorcyclist dodges in the annual water-splashing festival to mark the New Year of the Dai minority in Menglian, Yunnan province April 13, 2015. (Photo by Wong Campion/Reuters)




Ukrainians pour water on each other on a street in Lviv, Ukraine, April 13, 2015. The tradition of pouring water was an ancient spring ritual of cleansing on first Monday after Orthodox Easter. (Photo by Ivan Boberskyy/EPA)

Ukrainians pour water on each other on a street in Lviv, Ukraine, April 13, 2015. The tradition of pouring water was an ancient spring ritual of cleansing on first Monday after Orthodox Easter. (Photo by Ivan Boberskyy/EPA)




A tourist is showered in water by locals during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)

A tourist is showered in water by locals during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)




Revellers take part in a water fight to celebrate the Songkran festival in Hong Kong on April 12, 2015. The Songkran festival marks the start of the traditional new year in Thailand which begins on April 13. (Photo by Dale de la Rey/AFP Photo)

Revellers take part in a water fight to celebrate the Songkran festival in Hong Kong on April 12, 2015. The Songkran festival marks the start of the traditional new year in Thailand which begins on April 13. (Photo by Dale de la Rey/AFP Photo)




Tourists and locals exchange water pistol fire during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. The Songkran festival, also known as the Thai New Year or Thailand Water Festival, was originally celebrated as a way for the Thai people to sprinkle water on their family members and elders for good fortune and pay their respects to images of the beloved Buddha. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)

Tourists and locals exchange water pistol fire during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. The Songkran festival, also known as the Thai New Year or Thailand Water Festival, was originally celebrated as a way for the Thai people to sprinkle water on their family members and elders for good fortune and pay their respects to images of the beloved Buddha. Today, the festival has transitioned into 3 days of water play fun, splashing locals and visitors alike with buckets of water, water hoses and super soakers as they gather in the streets. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)




Motorcyclists are showered with water during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on  Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)

Motorcyclists are showered with water during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)




A boy runs as he is splashed with water during the opening ceremony of the annual Thingyan water festival celebrations outside Yangon City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 13, 2015. Myanmar began celebrating its annual days-long water festival, known as Thingyan, on Monday, marking the new year according to the traditional Burmese lunisolar calendar. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)

A boy runs as he is splashed with water during the opening ceremony of the annual Thingyan water festival celebrations outside Yangon City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 13, 2015. Myanmar began celebrating its annual days-long water festival, known as Thingyan, on Monday, marking the new year according to the traditional Burmese lunisolar calendar. (Photo by Khin Maung Win/AP Photo)




A tourist tries to escape as water is fired at him during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on  Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)

A tourist tries to escape as water is fired at him during the Songkran festival to celebrate the Thai New Year on Samui Island in Surat Thani province, Thailand, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)




Elephants spray water to passenger for to upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival at the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 10 April 2015. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)

Elephants spray water to passenger for to upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival at the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 10 April 2015. The annual elephant Songkran is held to promote the tourism industry prior the Songkran Festival which is celebrated with splashing water and putting powder on each others faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins from the old year. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)




A foreigner reacts as she gets sprayed with water from elephants to preview the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival at the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 10 April 2015. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)

A foreigner reacts as she gets sprayed with water from elephants to preview the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival at the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 10 April 2015. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)




A tourist gets sprayed with water during the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)

A tourist gets sprayed with water during the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)




A man sprays water in the middle of a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A man sprays water in the middle of a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. The Songkran festival is celebrated in Thai traditional as New Year's day with spraying water and putting powder on each others faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins from the old year. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)




Thai children join the street fun and spray a woman with water from giant water pistols at the popular tourist strip Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

Thai children join the street fun and spray a woman with water from giant water pistols at the popular tourist strip Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)




A kid with “Spiderman” mask sprays water with water gun in the middle of a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A kid with “Spiderman” mask sprays water with water gun in the middle of a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)




A close-up view of a girl wearing glasses on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road where Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the first day of the festival, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A close-up view of a girl wearing glasses on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road where Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the first day of the festival, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)




A woman takes part in a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A woman takes part in a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)




A woman takes part in a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)

A woman takes part in a water fight as Thais and foreign tourists celebrate the water festival Songkran on the popular tourist strip of Khao San road on the first day of the water festival Songkran celebrations, the Thai traditional New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2015. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)
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