A selection of photographs by the Bangkok Post staff from the month of July, 2016.
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At Wat Benchamabophit, also known as the Marble Temple, on July 3, Buddhists wearing tribal costumes dance during a religious procession to commemorate the 70th anniversary of His Majesty the King's accession to the throne on June 9 and the seventh-cycle birthday anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen on Aug 12. - Pornprom Satrabhaya
Chalita "Namtan" Suansane (No 36) is crowned Miss Universe Thailand 2016 at Siam Paragon, Bangkok, on July 23. The 21-year-old Samut Prakan native won 1 million baht in cash and will represent Thailand at the international Miss Universe 2016 beauty pageant. - Weerawong Wongpreedee
Kiattipong "Odd" Radchatagriengkai, the head coach of the Thai women's national volleyball team, greets fans on July 10 at the World Grand Prix Women 2016, held at Hua Mark Indoor stadium Bangkok. Coach Odd decided to step down after coaching the national team since 2001. He signed a two-year contract with a Beijing club where his wife, a former Chinese national team player, is based in the Chinese capital. - Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
Metropolitan Police take part in an annual exercise aimed at maintaining discipline, increasing strength and promoting unity on July 5. - Chanat Katanyu
A beggar sits on the side of the street in Ratchaprasong on July 27. The government is enforcing a new law on street begging this month. Foreign beggars will be deported while Thai nationals caught begging will be forced to attend a rehabilitation programme that includes occupational training. - Patipat Janthong
Riders, many of them farmers, compete in the annual buffalo races in Muang district of Chon Buri province on July 31. - Pornprom Satrabhaya
A construction worker walks on a bamboo scaffolding after painting the gate of the Marble Temple in Bangkok's Dusit district on July 28. - Seksan Rojjanametakun
A car slammed into the fence of the Erawan Shrine on July 22, injuring at least six people at the popular attraction. Police said the driver suffered a stroke, causing the accident. - Panumas Sanguanwong
Devotees attend a mass prayer to observe Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the Islamic Centre of Thailand in Suan Luang district on July 6. - Patipat Janthong
A boy jumps into Lad Chado canal to cool off in Ayutthaya on July 19. - Wichan Charoenkiatpakul
Members of civil groups cross their hands as a sign of opposition to the draft constitution during a seminar at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus on July 24. Anti-charter groups held activities urging a 'No' vote in the draft charter referendum on Aug 7. - Wichan Charoenkiatpakul
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wears a pair of Magic Eye glasses as he arrives at Government House in Bangkok to chair the weekly cabinet meeting on July 12. - Seksan Rojjanametakun
Supporters of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship hold a birthday party for self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawtra on July 26 at a bookshop at Imperial World shopping mall in Lat Phrao. - Patipat Janthong
Fire and rescue workers take part in an annual competition designed to test their skills and efficiency during emergency rescue operations on July 8. The competition was organised by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Fire and Rescue Department at a sports stadium in Bangkok's Bang Mot area. - Krit Promsaka na Sakolnakorn
Officials cordon off the area around the collapsed Isuzu sales centre on Buddha Monthon Sai 4 Road in Nakhon Pathom, on July 27. The partially completed three-storey showroom caved in the previous day, injuring 13 workers. - Wichan Charoenkiatpakul
Cyber activists outside Government House on July 7 cover their laptop screens with messages protesting against the draft amendment to the Computer Crime Act and sent a Change.org petition with 40,000 signatures to the government asking it to shelve the legislation. - Pattarachai Preechapanich
Samut Songkram on July 1 organises a free food and drink festival to celebrate the province's 500th anniversary. - Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
One of the 147 tigers seized from the Tiger Temple eats a raw chicken at Khao Prathap Chang Wildlife Breeding Centre in Ratchaburi's Chom Bung district on July 1. - Patipat Janthong
A woman walks past a sign outside Siam Centre on July 14. The sign encourages people to vote in the Aug 7 charter referendum. - Patipat Janthong
Police officers pose for photographs during a press briefing in Bangkok on July 17 to announce the arrest of members of a major motorcycle theft gang. - Thiti Wannamontha
Montra "Ying Kai" Yokrattanakan talks on a phone at the Crime Suppression Division, Bangkok, on July 7. She stands accused of human trafficking, lese majeste and lodging false theft charges against former employees. - Pornprom Satrabhaya
Members of the New Democracy Movement hold up posters saying people have the right to campaign against and reject the draft charter to be put to a referendum on Aug 7, at a gathering at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus on July 2. - Thanarak Khunton
Noppawan Bunluesilp, carrying her three-year-old son, reports to the Crime Suppression Division on July 22 to be quizzed over the posting of photos on the internet deemed to violate the lese majeste law by her husband, UK journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall. She was later released. - Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
A man stands in the middle of a burned down construction workers' camp on Pracha Uthit Road, Bangkok, on July 7. One worker died in the flames as fire consumed the five-rai dormitory camp, containing hundreds of huts, operated by Italian-Thai Development Plc the previous night. - Sarot Meksophawannakul
A farmer sprays pesticide on his paddy field to keep insects away from his crop as he prepares for the next rice harvest, behind the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, on July 2. - Thiti Wannamontha
A candle procession makes its way through downtown Suphan Buri to usher in Buddhist Lent on July 20. The elaborately-carved candles showing off cultural identities of the districts are carried on floats. - Wichan Charoenkiatpakul
A girl pays respect to Buddhist monks on July 19 at the Marble Temple in Bangkok. - Patipat Janthong
An annual Buddhist Lent candle procession is held in Petchaburi's Muang district on July 20. The parade features the carved and decorated candles and a caravan of cows. - Chaiwat Sardyaem
Tourists offer alms to a Buddhist monk on Hua Hin beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan on July 19 to mark Asarnha Bucha Day, the day Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon. - Krit Promsaka na Sakolnakorn
