PHOTOS

19 AUG 2014

A day in photos

Students in Bangkok enjoy a science exhibition, another group in Nakhon Ratchasima province take time off from classroom to repair a road and more for events on Aug 19, 2014.

 
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Forest officials cut rubber trees illegally planted in the Nopparattara-Muh Koh Phi Phi National Park in Krabi province. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)
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Students observe a solar cell-powered mobile platform exhibited at the National Science Week at the Science Centre for Education. The event ends on Aug 20, 2014. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)
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Villagers, teachers and students of Ban Noen Putsa school in Phimai district repair a road in their village after waiting for years in vain for help from officials. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)
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Armed forces officers attend a ceremony to open the new office of the Permanent Secretary for Defence on Sri Saman road. The office is moved from Muang Thong Thani. (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha)
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An Indonesian beggar waits for donors on a crossing bridge at a street in Jakarta. Indonesia's economic growth slipped to the lowest level for five years in the second quarter. (EPA photo)
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Two survivors rescued after a tourist boat sank rest at a hotel in Bima. Indonesian rescuers expanded their search for two Spanish men still missing after a tourist boat sank during the weekend. (AFP photo)
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South Korean protesters hold banners reading 'Stop War Exercises (UFG)' during a demonstration against South Korean and US military forces joint 'Ulchi Freedom Guardian' exercises near the US embassy in Seoul. (EPA photo)
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A handout picture made available by the US Department of Defense shows a teddy bear donated by an American child tied to a C-130 Hercules prior to take-off during a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq. (EPA photo)
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Police attempt to control demonstrators protesting the killing of teenager Michael Brown on Aug 18, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (AFP photo)
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Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez gives a press conference during his official presentation with FC Barcelona, five weeks after signing for his new team. (EPA photo)