PHOTOS

23 DEC 2016

A day in photos

The assets of Thailand's biggest loan-shark syndicate and the country's first observatory for near-earth objects are among the featured events on Dec 23, 2016.

 
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A day in photos
Valuables seized from Thailand's biggest loan-shark network, known as the Helmet Gang, are displayed at the Department of Special Investigation in Bangkok. - Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
A day in photos
Justice authorities display some of the cash found in the loan-shark gang's safes. - Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
A day in photos
About 80 motorcycles seized from the illegal lending network are shown at the Department of Special Investigation in Bangkok. - Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
A day in photos
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn inaugurates Thailand's first observatory for near-earth objects on Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai province. - National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
A day in photos
The observatory's telescope measures 70 centimetres in diameter. - National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
A day in photos
More than 500 colonels and lieutenant colonels, all army unit commanders, from posts nationwide undergo physical tests at the Army Stadium in Bangkok. - Pattanapong Hirunard
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Bangkok police chief Sanit Mahathavorn, right, brings Prapote Phopan, a leader of the Ultras Thailand football supporters' group to interrogation in connection with the dangerous use of flares in the recent AFF Suzuki Cup final in Bangkok. - Thanarak Khunton
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Syrian government supporters in their cars flash victory signs as they celebrate the retaking of Aleppo by government forces. - AFP
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Coloured concrete blocks have been placed near the Christmas market in Hamburg, Germany as a security measure after a deadly attack on the Christmas market in Berlin. The lettering reads: "More colour, less fear". - AFP
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An Indonesian man admires a Christmas tree made with used drinking-water bottles at a church in Depok, Indonesia. - EPA

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