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Photo Phriday: Pythons, Pyres and French People

Top: Expats and Thai Francophiles alike celebrate Bastille Day Thursday night at the Alliance Française in Bangkok. Read: Get French-spired: Celebrate Bastille Day in Bangkok Bars, Restaurants

Top: Expats and Thai Francophiles alike celebrate Bastille Day Thursday night at the Alliance Française in Bangkok. Read: Get French-spired: Celebrate Bastille Day in Bangkok Bars, Restaurants  

Toilet pythons, rural woes and even celebrations of Bastille Day were some of the images throughout the kingdom this past week. Find more on our Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Panarat Chaiyaboon on Sunday points to the downstairs toilet in her house where reticulated pythons slithered up to bite her in the bottom. Left, the python that bit her July 3. Read: Pythons Strike Same Toilet Twice (Photos)
Temfah Krisanayuth holds Monday a picture of her mother Thitima ‘Waen’ Sutsunthorn, a singer popular in the ’80s who has died.
Photos of experimental performance “Blissfully Blind,” which started Thursday at Bangkok CityCity Gallery. The show will run until the end of July. Read: All-Woman Show Asks: Is Ignorance Bliss?
A Thursday photo shows progress on King Rama IX’s funerary pyre.
Princess Soamsawali frees fish to make merit on her 60th birthday Thursday at a pier in Bangkok.
Briton William Brian Zielinski, 38, was fined 4,000 baht Thursday for spray painting on a railway station wall in Chiang Mai. Read: Briton Arrested for Spray Painting Chiang Mai Railway Station
Residents of Loeng Nok Tha district, Yasothon province, plant rice in the middle of a muddy road Thursday to protest the local government’s inaction in fixing the road. Read: Farmers Plant Rice in Middle of Flooded Road as Protest (Photos)
A residence in Phitsanulok province showed reporters a giant 5-meter-tall spirit house.
Miss Universe Thailand contestants visit the Grand Palace to pay respects to the late Rama IX.
A farmer holds up a “Free” sign Wednesday morning in Trat province to protest low mangosteen prices. Read: Trat Farmers Give Away Mangosteens, Protest Low Prices
Cafeteria ladies offer flower garlands to a coconut tree with a growth shaped like the mythological naga July 7 in Prasatwittiyakarn School, Surin province.
An artist paints a garuda statue for King Rama IX’s crematorium Friday at Sanam Luang.

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