In today's photo gallery, we feature a crying beauty pageant, a protesting monk, wasps, Phra Suthep and Bangkok's main bus terminal.
21 JUL 2014

A day in photos

In today's photo gallery, we feature a crying beauty pageant, a protesting monk, wasps, Phra Suthep and Bangkok's main bus terminal.

PHOTOS: Bangkok Post
 
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A day in photos
Sunnanipa "Namphet" Krissanasuwan, third-place getter in the Miss Universe Thailand competition, has been sacked by the organising committee after "inappropriate photos" emerged. She says she will return the title, but will not give back the crown awarded her. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)
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An aerial view of Mo Chit 2 bus station, the main terminal in Bangkok. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
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Thai model Amonwan Sirikittirat appears at a promotion for a beauty clinic in Bangkok. She says she recently underwent breast augmentation with 700cc silicone implants because she wanted to have larger breasts and she is proud of them. Before the implants her chest measurement was 40 inches. (Photo by Weerawong Wongpreedee)
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Phra Suthep Thaugsuban, former Democrat exeutive and political protest leader, meets people on Samui island, Surat Thani, where he plans to enter a temple to practice meditation. (Photo by Supapong Chaolan)
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Customs Department officers arrested two men and seized a boat containing around 20,000 litres of smuggled diesel fuel near Koh Jueng, off Chon Buri province. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
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Giant hornets have built a nest on a power pole in front of a school in Nakhon Ratchasima, where the fierce wasps have stung many people. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)
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A refugee who fled Myanmar holds her child as she walks at Mae La refugee camp, near the Thailand-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district, Tak province. (Reuters photo)
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A seven-year-old Palestinian girl sleeps at Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Her home was shelled and collapsed by Israel's military operation in Shijaiyah in the Gaza Strip. (AP photo)
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People sunbathe as the Costa Concordia cruise liner is seen during its refloating operation at Giglio harbour. (Reuters photo)
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South Korean girl group Sistar perform during an event for their new album "Touch & Move" in Seoul. (AP photo)
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A Cambodian Buddhist monk speaks to protesters during a protest in front of the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh. Cambodian protesters demand Vietnam to recognise that Kampuchea Krom, which is now a part of Vietnam, is Cambodia's former territory. (AFP photo)