Photo Phriday: In a League of Their Own

Gen. Prayuth meets cheerleaders who will participate at the SEA Games this month in Kuala Lumpur today at Government House.

Top: Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, at far left foreground, meets on Wednesday cheerleaders who will attend the SEA Games later this month in Kuala Lumpur at Government House. Read: Discursive Prayuth Coaches Athletes on Etiquette, Beauty and Stuff

This week, Thailand prepared to dispatch competitors to a regional athletic tournament, airport immigration queues made national news and the nation browsed through blue shirts for Mother’s Day on Saturday. Find more on our Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

 

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A bus rests after crashing into the front of a 7-Eleven on Thursday in Ayutthaya province. One passenger was injured.

 

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Customers check out ‘Love Mom’ shirts Thursday in Khon Kaen. Mother’s Day is Saturday.

 

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Ekachai Thaidecha, 63, the uncle of a student who died after his rental car fell off a cliff July 26 in California, submits a request Thursday to the US Embassy in Bangkok asking for visas for a Thai rescue team since to travel and try to recover his nephew’s body. Read: Weather Foils Recovery of Missing Thai Students in California

 

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Khon players sit Monday before a backdrop being erected at the cremation of King Rama IX in Bangkok’s Sanam Luang.

 

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Crematorium workers plant ebony trees Monday around Rama IX’s crematorium structure in the Sanam Luang.

 

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Pakkamol Kongsit, 50, tends her 500 jasmine plants Thursday in Trang province. Jasmine flowers are the traditional flower given for Mother’s Day, which is Saturday.

 

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The Junsoh family with soldiers after their rescue from being stranded by flash flooding in the middle of a waterfall Tuesday in Phatthalung. Read: Outing Turns Terrifying for Family Trapped at Phatthalung Waterfall

 

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Khaosod English writer Pravit Rojanaphruk, left, on Tuesday afternoon at the Technology Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok. Pravit has been charged with sedition for his social media posts. Read: Khaosod English Reporter Charged With Sedition Reports to Police

 

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Tiger orchid trees, the largest type of orchids, reach full bloom Friday at a botanical garden in Trang province.
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Female inmates fold flowers Friday for Rama IX’s cremation in Nan province.

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