A new prime minister, a good student, a soccer scam and more feature on Aug 25, 2014.
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Army chief and coup leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha and his wife Naraporn arrive at the army's headquarters to attend a ceremony to take the royal command that officially appointed him prime minister. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
Soldiers seize one of the seven houses encroaching on the army's land in Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima province. (Photo by Tawatchai Khemgumnerd)
Rattana Wannakul of TMB's Uttaradit branch (left) presents a plaque to Nattha Muangchuay (centre), a student of Uttaradit Darunee school, in recognition of her good deed after she found 10,000 baht in cash and an ATM card and gave them to the bank. (Photo by Boonnum Kerdkaew)
Protesters wear masks during a rally at Manila's Rizal Park to demand the abolition of government funds intended for the lawmakers to finance their projects known as "Pork Barrel Fund". (AP photo)
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni (left) and his mother Norodom Monineath greet government officials at Phnom Penh International Airport. Sihamoni is leaving for China for a medical check-up. (Reuters photo)
Le Quang Hung, a player of the Ninh Binh soccer club, reacts during his trial in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. A court in Ninh Binh province sentenced him and a bookie to prison for betting on one of his Asian Football Confederation Cup matches. (EPA/Today Sports News photo)
Steen Mondrup pushes his twin brother Peder in a wheelchair as they finish the KMD Ironman Copenhagen challenge on Aug 24, 2014. Both were born three months prematurely but Peder suffered from a lack of oxygen, which left him with the medical condition of spasticity. (Reuters photo)
Bottles of liquor are strewn about inside Val's Liquor in downtown Napa, California, after an earthquake struck the area. California's governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Sunday following a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake. (AFP photo)
Costumed revellers walk on the street during the Notting Hill Carnival in London on Aug 24, 2014. Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street festival, celebrates this year its 50th anniversary and more than a million people are expected to attend on Aug 24 and 25. (EPA photo)
