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Thai people put powder on the face of an officer during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

Thai revelers apply powder to an officer’s face during the Songkran Water Festival, celebrating the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, on Sunday, April 13, 2025.(Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

Young men don a powdery paste called din sor pong believed to bring blessings and protection as they take part in the Songkran water festival marking the Thai New Year in the Prachinburi province of central Thailand, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

Young men apply din sor pong, a powdery paste believed to bring blessings and protection, during the Songkran Water Festival celebrating the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, central Thailand, on April 13, 2025.(Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

Elephants spray water on party goers during Songkran on April 13, 2025 in Phra Nakhon si Ayutthaya, Thailand. Songkran, Thailand’s traditional New Year festival, takes place each April, the hottest month of the year. During the holiday, both locals and tourists celebrate by joining in water fights across the country. In Ayutthaya, elephants sprayed revelers with water in the historic town center. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Elephants spray water on revelers during Songkran celebrations in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on April 13, 2025. Songkran, Thailand’s traditional New Year festival, marks the hottest month of April with nationwide water fights. In the historic city of Ayutthaya, elephants joined the festivities, dousing crowds in the town center.(Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

A woman reacts as water is splashed on her during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

A woman laughs as revelers splash water on her during Songkran festivities celebrating the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, April 13, 2025.(Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

People splash water during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

Revelers splash water during Songkran festivities celebrating the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand, April 13, 2025.(Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

Revellers take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Khao San Road in Bangkok on April 13, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)

Revelers engage in a massive water battle on Khao San Road during Bangkok’s Songkran festival celebrations marking the Thai New Year, April 13, 2025.(Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)

Revellers take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Khao San Road in Bangkok on April 13, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)

Revelers engage in a massive water battle on Khao San Road during Bangkok’s Songkran festival celebrations marking the Thai New Year, April 13, 2025.(Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)

People use large water guns to spray each other as they celebrate the annual Songkran festival in Bangkok, Thailand on April 14, 2025. Thailand celebrated the Thai traditional New Year, called Songkran in Thai and also known as ëthe water festivalí, on 13 April, with festivities going on on throughout the weekend. During Songkran, people celebrate the New Year by splashing water to each other as a sign of washing away sins and bad luck from the previous year. People across Thailand celebrate the New Year with parties and water related activities throughout the weekend. (Photo by Diego Azubel/Matrix Images)

Revelers drench each other with water guns during Bangkok’s Songkran festival celebrations on April 14, 2025. The annual Thai New Year festival (April 13-15) features nationwide water fights symbolizing the washing away of bad luck.(Photo by Diego Azubel/Matrix Images)

A Thai Buddhist monk and novices prostrate during a meditation and dharma learning with digital media inside a room with appliances powered by renewable energy at Wat Phueng Dad temple in Bang Pahan district, Ayutthaya province, Thailand, 18 April 2025. The temple has implemented the use of solar panels to provide electricity for its daily needs after facing expensive bills. Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)

A Thai Buddhist monk and novices meditate during a digital dharma session in Wat Phueng Dad temple’s eco-friendly facility, Ayutthaya province, April 18, 2025. The temple has adopted solar energy to power its operations, reducing costs and environmental impact ahead of Earth Day (April 22).(Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)

Catholic faithful react after Mass, following the death of Pope Francis, at the Assumption Cathedral, in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)

Catholic mourners gather outside Bangkok’s Assumption Cathedral after Mass to honor the late Pope Francis, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)

Rescue workers and construction machinery remove debris at the site of a building that collapsed following an earthquake, on the one-month anniversary of Myanmar's deadly earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 April 2025. A 30-storey building of an under- construction State Audit Office tower collapsed following tremors from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March. After one month, the death toll of the building collapse in Bangkok, as reported on 28 April 2025, has reached 63 people with nine injured and 31 remaining missing, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Incident Command Center for Building Collapse. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)

Rescue teams clear debris at the collapsed State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, April 28, 2025—one month after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar triggered its collapse. The disaster has claimed 63 lives, with 31 still missing.(Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)

Visitors are seen at the “100% DORAEMON & FRIENDS” tour exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 2, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Visitors explore the ‘100% DORAEMON & FRIENDS’ exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, May 2, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Shiba Inus wearing costumes are pictured at the Pet Expo Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)

Costumed Shiba Inus steal the show at Pet Expo Thailand in Bangkok, May 3, 2025.(Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)

Thai officials dressed in traditional costumes walk with oxen during the annual royal ploughing ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)

Thai officials in traditional attire lead oxen during the Royal Ploughing Ceremony in central Bangkok, May 9, 2025.(Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)

An 18-metre tall iconic art installation “KAWS:Holiday Thailand” featuring the “COMPANION” figures, created by artist Brian Donnelly also known as Kaws, is displayed in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

The 18-meter-tall ‘KAWS:Holiday Thailand’ installation, featuring the artist’s iconic ‘COMPANION’ figures, stands before Bangkok’s Grand Palace on May 13, 2025. The work by Brian Donnelly (KAWS) draws crowds to the historic site. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

A Thai veterinarian feeds a rescued baby orangutan seized from the illegal wildlife trade at the Royal Forest Department's Wildlife Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 May 2025. Two baby orangutans were rescued after Thai police and officials from the Department of National Parks arrested a suspect before handing them over to a buyer in Bangkok on 14 May 2025, as part of the country's wildlife trafficking combat initiative under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES). (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)

A veterinarian cares for a rescued baby orangutan at Bangkok’s Wildlife Clinic, May 16, 2025. The primate was seized from wildlife traffickers on May 14 under Thailand’s CITES enforcement efforts. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)

A Thai Air Force officer adjusts the cap of a member of an honor guard in preparation for the arrival of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)

A Thai Air Force officer adjusts an honor guard member’s cap ahead of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s arrival at Bangkok’s Government House, May 19, 2025.(Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)

Thai lion dance troupe performers, hired by foreign devotees, prepare to perform a lion dance to worship a statue of Lord Brahma, the Hindu god of creation, during a worship session after their prayers were fulfilled at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, 21 May 2025. The Erawan Shrine houses a golden statue of Lord Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Built and blessed in 1956, the shrine is popular among both Thai and foreign tourists. Most devotees, primarily of Chinese origin, visit to offer prayers and hire Thai traditional dancers to perform worship rituals in gratitude after their wishes are fulfilled. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)

A Thai lion dance troupe performs for devotees at Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine, May 21, 2025. Hired by worshippers (mostly of Chinese origin) to honor Lord Brahma, the performances fulfill vows made after answered prayers. The shrine’s golden Brahma statue, consecrated in 1956, attracts both locals and tourists.(Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)

This picture taken on May 24, 2025, shows a tourist posing for photographs at the Wat Rong Khun Buddhist temple, popularly known as “White Temple”, in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)

A tourist poses at Wat Rong Khun, the iconic ‘White Temple,’ in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, May 24, 2025. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)

Dancers wearing rainbow costumes take part in the Bangkok Pride Parade 2025 to celebrate Pride Month in Bangkok, Thailand, 01 June 2025. Thousands of Thais and foreigners joined the parade along the main road of a major business district. Pride Month is celebrated worldwide every June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising and to raise awareness and promote equal rights for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)

Dancers in rainbow costumes energize Bangkok Pride Parade 2025, June 1, as thousands march through the city’s business district. The event celebrates Pride Month, honoring LGBTQ+ rights and the 1969 Stonewall uprising.(Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)

Julia Everson

Julia Everson

Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.
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