26 APR 2013

Photos of the week

Images from around the kingdom, captured by Post Photographers over the past seven days.

 
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Around 500 farmers from 14 southern provinces gather in front of government house, demanding that action be taken to stop them being evicted from land they are no longer contracted to farm. They also submit a petition with 2,000 signatures asking the government to improve the way in which land is allocated to poor farmers. Photo by Chanat Katanyu.
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra presents bouquets of flowers to the legal team representing Thailand in the border dispute with Cambodia. The team, which includes four foreign lawyers, arrived in Bangkok on Sunday after making their concluding oral statements in the case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Photo by Chanat Katanyu.
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An Australia solider bows his head during an Anzac Day memorial ceremony for soldiers who died in World War Two. The dawn ceremony was held at Hellfire Pass in Kanchanaburi province on Monday for the prisoners of war who died during the construction of the Burma-Siam railway. Photo by Patipat Janthong.
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Actress Davika Hoorne, from the film Pee Mak Phra Khanong, fulfills a pledge to perform a traditional dance at the shrine of Mae Nak in Wat Mhabautr if the movie made more than 300-million baht. The film has surged past the 500-million baht figure, to become the highest grossing motion picture in Thailand. Photo by Apichart Jinakul.
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Children paint on wall of The Crown Property Bureau in Bangkok's Dusit district as part of a project to promote Bangkok as this year's World Book Capital. Photo by Apichart Jinakul.
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A young performer dodges a king cobra's bite during a snake show in Ban Kok Sanga. Locals in the town dubbed King Cobra Village in the Nam Phong district of Khon Kaen resumed their famous shows during the Songkran festival, after a long absence following the death of a handler who was bitten by one of the snakes. Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill.
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Sling rockets, or luk noo, are set off in a traditional Mon race in the Muang district of Pathum Thani province. The practice originated as part of a ceremony held during monks' funerals, where luk noo were launched to set the body alight for cremation. Photo by Thiti Wannamontha.