11 JAN 2013

Photos of the week

Enjoy these interesting images from around the kingdom, captured by Post Photographers over the past seven days.

 
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Representatives of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation led by students from schools in Bangkok meet Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House to promote the seventh annual "Love children – stop drinking, a warming family" project. Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill.
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An elderly woman offers alms to a Buddhist monk at Khlong Bang Duan in Phasi Charoen district of Bangkok. Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin.
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Firefighters spent more than an hour extinguishing a blaze at the Boonchusri community in Din Daeng, Bangkok. The fire ripped through the crowded neighbourhood. At least two people were injured and around 40 houses destroyed. Photo by Thanarak Khoonton.
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Two pigeons sit on a window of Prasat Phra Thap Bidon at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Photo by Thanarak Khoonton.
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Demonstrators protest against the government's plan to transfer the Ban Mankong programme under supervision of the Community Organisation Development Institute to the National Housing Authority on Phitsanulok Road. The group fears the transfer could prevent them managing the housing project on their own. Photo by Apichart Jinakul.
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Members of a committee overseeing the restoration of Lord Buddha's birthplace in Nepal gather at Siriraj Hospital for prayers and meditation sessions in honour of Their Majesties the King and Queen. Photo by Pattarachai Preechapanich.
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Worshippers light candles as part of a ceremony to ward off misfortune in the Year of the Snake at Wat Baromracha Kanjanaphisek Anusorn in Nonthaburi's Bang Bua Thong district. Photo by Thiti Wannamontha.