Bangkok’s water festival venue before and during coronavirus, in pictures
Photographs taken in Bangkok before and since the coronavirus outbreak show the emptied locations of the citys annual Songkran water festival
In Thailand the Songkran festival was cancelled nationwide to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The water festival is normally held every year to celebrate the traditional Thai New Year on 13 April, when people splash water on each other and sprinkle powder on their faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins of the past year.
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The Central World shopping mall. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
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The popular tourist strip of Khao San Road. Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA
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Silom Road. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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Silom Road. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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Khao San Road. Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA
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New Year in Bangkok. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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Lumphini Park. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
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The Central World shopping mall. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters
Khao San Road. Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA
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New Year in Bangkok. Photographs: Jewel Samad and Mladen Antonov/AFP