Photos of the week 19- 25 February 2011 Photos by Post Photographers

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25 FEB 2011

Photos of the Week

Photos of the week 19- 25 February 2011 Photos by Post Photographers

 
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Monks deliver sermons during the 'bisee su kwan' ceremony to improve the spirit of the villagers of Phum Srol in Si Sa Ket left demoralised by the recent border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. Photo by Jatjaras Na Ranong
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A devotee displays an erratic behavior while receiving the Panyak sermon at Wat Klong Toey. The ceremony is believed to expel bad luck and impurities from those who attend it. Those who join the ceremony at least nine times will be blessed with merits. The fee for the ceremony is 100 baht each. Photo by Patipat Janthong
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Kessarin Kesarin Wutthiwong, 46, caught the prime minister by surprise when she approached him on stage while he was addressing an audience of about 1,000 civil servants at a meeting to discuss the problem of teenage pregnancies. The woman approached him with a poster declaring that she had to sell sexual services in order to make ends meet and she was asking the prime minister's help in treating her for a rare hearing disability caused by a parasitic infection. The premier promised to help her. Photo by Kosol Nakachol
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A body-painted model pose for photographs at the launch of the Samui International Bodypainting Competition to be held from March 26-27 on Koh Samuit in Surat Thani. Photo by Somchai Poomlard
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A woman puts on the 'Big-Eye' fashionable contact lenses. The Public Health Ministry has warned people that the use of the lenses sold at unlicensed shops could cause blindness. Photo by Jatjaras Na Ranong
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A shopper looks delighted to find the shelves in the supermarket full of bottled cooking oil again. The government has promised to make the cooking oil widely available to consumers after a severe shortage. Photo by Somchai Poomlard