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Every April, people across Thailand celebrate Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year festival. During the weekend-long water festival, tourists and locals gather in the streets to take part in wide-ranging water fights. The splashing of water is a sign of respect and well-wishing, as revelers hope to wash away sins and bad luck.
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Elephants spray water on partygoers during Songkran on April 13, 2025, in Phra Nakhon si Ayutthaya, Thailand. #
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A man reacts as water is splashed on him during the Songkran water festival in Prachinburi province on April 13, 2025. #
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People participate in water-gun fights and dance to music along Silom Road during Songkran celebrations in Bangkok on April 13, 2025. #
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A girl throws a bucket of water as she celebrates Songkran in Bangkok on April 12, 2025. #
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A woman reacts as water is splashed on her during Songkran in Prachinburi province on April 13, 2025. #
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Revelers take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran, or Thai New Year, in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat, on April 13, 2025. #
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Revelers take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran along Bangkok's Silom Road on April 13, 2025. #
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People splash water during Songkran celebrations in Prachinburi province on April 13, 2025. #
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People play during mass water fights on the eve of Songkran in Bangkok on April 12, 2025. #
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People use water guns to spray one another as they celebrate the Songkran festival in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 14, 2025. #
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Thai people smear powder on the face of an officer during the Songkran water festival in Prachinburi province on April 13, 2025. #
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Revelers shoot water guns while riding in the back of a truck on Bangkok's Sukhumvit Road on the second day of Songkran. #
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People take part in mass water fights on the first day of Songkran in Khao San Road, in Bangkok, on April 13, 2025. #
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Revelers play with water as they celebrate Songkran in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13, 2025. #
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People celebrate, taking part in mass water fights during Songkran in Bangkok, on April 13, 2025. #
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