PHOTOS

18 AUG 2014

A day in photos

In today's photo gallery, we feature Gen Prayuth pointing his right index finger, a beach cleanup operation, police applying a wheel clamp to a new luxurious car in Phitsanulok, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a human pyramid and two Italian survivors.

PHOTOS: Bangkok Post
 
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A day in photos
Food vendors whose stalls encroached on Hua Hin beach dismantle their illegal structures as authorities launch a campaign to return the beach to its natural beauty and ensure fair food prices. (Photo by Chaiwat Sardyaem)
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Soldiers and officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation demolish houses and shops that encroached on a beach in Phuket. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)
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Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, chairman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), gestures as he explains the 2015 budget to the National Legislative Assembly. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
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Former prime minister Banharn Silpa-archa, a Suphan Buri native, presides over a ritual to enshrine the image of Phra Yulai in his home province. (Photo by Tawatchai Khemgumnerd)
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Police apply a wheel clamp to a car parked on a prohibited spot in Phitsanulok. (Photo by Chinawat Singha)
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Two unidentified Italian survivors rest at hospital in Sape, located on Indonesia's Sumbawa island following their rescue after a tourist boat carrying 25 sank during a storm. (AFP photo)
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A worker cleans a glass panel of a building decorated with a giant Malaysian flag at a government office in Putrajaya, Malaysia. (EPA photo)
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A wife and husband collect drinking water from a well source which is half submerged by flood water in the flood affected Morigaon district of Assam state, India. (EPA photo)
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Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai. (Reuters photo)
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange smiles during a news conference at the Ecuadorian embassy in central London. (Reuters photo)
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Palestinians walk on a road leading to the port where fishing vessels are moored in Gaza City. (AFP photo)
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Scottish DJ and singer-songwriter Calvin Harris performs at the 22nd Sziget (Island) Festival in Budapest, Hungary. (EPA photo)