PHOTOS

17 AUG 2012

Photos of the week

Interesting images from around the kingdom, captured by Post Photographers.

 
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The Fine Arts Department plans to repair this statue at Wat Arun Ratchawararam after the head of a horse on the Khmer-style prang (spire) broke off during a storm. Photo by Sithikorn Wongwudthianun.
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Monks say a prayer at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha to offer blessings to Her Majesty the Queen for her 80th birthday. Photo by Thiti Wannamontha.
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A band performs on a double-decker bus driving along Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue. The bus joined classic cars from Jesada Technik Museum in Nakhon Pathom in a rally to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's 80th birthday and HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn's 60th birthday. Photo by Thiti Wannamontha.
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Olympic boxing silver medallist Kaew Pongprayoon (centre) waves to crowds atop a double-decker bus that took athletes returning from London 2012 on a parade from Victory Monument to Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok. Photo by Thiti Wannamontha.
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Preserved human bodies are displayed at the Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University. The Museum of the Human Body is one of only 11 such museums in the world, in which human bodies are preserved using plastination. Photo by Thiti Wannamontha.
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A monkey bites a tourist's ring at Sarn Phra Karn in Lop Buri. Photo by Patipat Janthong.
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A boy feeds a buffalo at Ratcha Orasaram in Bangkok. The animal is one of 318 cattle released from slaughterhouses and sent to the Royal Cattle and Buffaloes Bank to mark Her Majesty the Queen's 80th birthday. The cattle will be distributed to poor provincial farmers. Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin.
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A man covers himself with a plastic raincoat during a storm in Bangkok. The Meteorological Department warns that tropical storm Kai-Tak is moving to China's Hainan province and could cause heavy rain in Thailand, especially in the north and northeast. Photo by Patipat Janthong.

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Inmates from Bangkok's Klong Prem Central Prison express joy at a ceremony releasing 30,000 prisoners nationwide. They received royal pardons to mark Her Majesty the Queen's 80th birthday and HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn's 60th birthday. Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd.