Bun Bang Fai rocket festival
Junior rocket scientists exult after launching their rocket during the 'Bun Bang Fai' rocket festival in Yasothon, Thailand, on May 13, 2012. The competitive rocket launches coincide with the start of the rainy season in Thailand when farmers begin their rice planting.
Photo credit: Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters
Vendor uses his merchandise as a sun shield
A wicker basket serves to shield a vendor from the blazing heat of the sun on a warm day in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 3, 2012.
Photo credit: Sakchai Lalit / AP
May Day in Bangkok, Thailand
Elephants were marshaled onto the streets of Bangkok for International May Day observances at Royal Plaza square on May 1, 2012. Thai workers demonstrated on May Day for higher wages and an improvement in living standards for the nation's laborers.
Photo credit: Rungroj Yongrit / EPA
Painter at work in Bangkok, Thailand
A casually dressed maintenance worker paints a beam outside a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 28, 2012.
Photo credit: Apichart Weerawong / AP
Thirsty chimp gets a shot of water
A seven-year-old chimpanzee named Tong slurps up a jet of water fired at him inside his enclosure at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 26, 2012.
Photo credit: Apichart Weerawong / AP
Tigers relax at Tiger Temple
Three tigers laze around at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, on April 24, 2012.
Photo credit: Reuters, Pornchai Kittiwongsakul / AFP / Getty Images
Praying at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple
Buddhist monks line up in rows and pray for world peace at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, on April, 22, 2012.
Photo credit: Sukree Sukplang / Reuters
Mister Donut shop gets a cleaning
A Mister Donut franchise employees scrubs a display at his store in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 19, 2012. Mister Donut is the largest donut chain in Thailand and is a Japanese company owned by Duskin of the Mitsui Keiretsu.
Photo credit: Sakchai Lalit
