EditorialThailand: Young Thai girls in traditional red Chinese dresses celebrate Chinese New Year in Phuket, red being the 'lucky' colour in Chinese culture
EditorialA gas station in Phuket, Thailand. Soaring fuel and food prices were already a crisis in developing countries, and moves by the Federal Reserve and other central banks are adding to the pressures. (Lauren DeCicca/The New York Times)
EditorialThailand: During the Vegetarian festival in Phuket, helpers adjust the long iron spokes pierced through the cheeks of a Mah Song or spirit medium
EditorialThailand: The Thalang Victory Memorial. Warrior statues at Phuket Historical Park, Thalang, Phuket, depicting the victory of the people of Phuket over the invading Burmese, 1785-6
EditorialBars and nightclubs at Patong Beach?on Phuket Island in Thailand that have been ordered closed because of a recent COVID-19 outbreak, April 11, 2021. (Adam Dean/The New York Tiimes)
EditorialBars and nightclubs at Patong Beach?on Phuket Island in Thailand that have been ordered closed because of a recent COVID-19 outbreak, April 11, 2021. (Adam Dean/The New York Tiimes)
EditorialA popular entertainment street, just before curfew, was closed down due to a localized coronavirus outbreak, in Phuket, Thailand, March 30, 2020. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
EditorialPassengers crossing the only open land border into Phuket are sprayed with a disinfectant in a decontamination tent at a checkpoint in Chatchai, Thailand, March 31, 2020, in an effort to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. (Adam Dean for The New York Times
EditorialPassengers crossing the only open land border into Phuket are sprayed with a disinfectant in a decontamination tent at a checkpoint in Chatchai, Thailand, March 31, 2020, in an effort to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. (Adam Dean for The New York Times
EditorialFiremen use a remote controlled water cannon to spray down streets in Patong, on Thailand's Phuket island, March 30, 2020. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)