Thai New Year: Before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Images of places before the coronavirus and the same spot today

Last updated: April 14, 2020 | 17:22

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People playing with water during Songkran Water Festival celebrations, to commemorate the Thai New Year in Bangkok at Silom Road in Bangkok April 13, 2015.

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A view of the same street during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand April 13, 2020.

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