ThaisandforeigntouristsalikedonnedtraditionalThaicostumesforSongkrancelebrations,anannualthree-daywaterfestivalcelebratedinThailandasthetraditionalNewYear'sday.
Armed with water pistols and buckets, celebrants took part in the annual water festival Songkran in Thailand on Wednesday, amid a severe drought.
People across Thailand on Sunday kicked off their three-day merrymaking for the water-splashing Songkran festival, or the Thai New Year, under little, if any, shadow of the prolonged political tension.
An elephant sprays water to a mascot dressed as a ghost during the Songkran festival, Thailand's traditional New Year Festival, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 10,2013.