16 DEC 2014

A day in photos

In today's photo gallery, we feature a shootout at a school in Pakistan, an anti-rape demonstration in India, a deserted house built to accommodate survivors of the 2004 tsunami and Thai football fans.

PHOTOS: Bangkok Post
 
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A day in photos
Sunshine and tree branches filter through an unshuttered window of one of the 115 deserted houses built to accommodate survivors of the 2004 tsunami in Phang Nga. On the morning of Dec 26, 2004, giant tsunami waves triggered by a magnitude 9 earthquake off Sumatra surged through towns and villages around the Indian Ocean, from Thailand to India and Kenya. — Patipat Janthong
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Football fans, mostly women, watch members of the Thai national team train Tuesday morning. Thailand goes up against Malaysia in the first leg of the finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup at Rajamangala National Stadium on Wednesday. — Thanarak Khunton
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About 30 monks attend a seminar at Mokkhaplaram Religion Practice Garden, Bangkok, to discuss misunderstandings about the monkhood in Thailand. — Kitja Apichonrojarek
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Security forces arrest two suspected members of the separatist Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) in the southern border province of Narathiwat after a gunfight on Monday night . — Waedao Harai
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Volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. — AP
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A girl lays flowers in a makeshift memorial near the site where a gunman held hostages for 16 hours at a popular Sydney cafe, Australia. — AP
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An Indian activists stands underneath hangmen's nooses for convicted rapists during a demonstration in New Delhi. — AFP
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A man walks past the hoarding of a construction site in Beijing, China. — Reuters