A member of the "red shirt" movement joins her hands in prayer during a gathering near the Democracy Monument, the site of bloody clashes in 2010 with Thai security forces, in Bangkok on April 10.

A member of the "red shirt" movement, dressed as an angel, cries during a gathering near the Democracy Monument, site of the 2010 bloody clashes with Thai security forces, in Bangkok on April 10.

A couple type on their smartphones at a shopping mall in Bangkok, March 21. People can be found glued to their smartphones at airports, on trains, in restaurants and even while walking on the street, creating a disconnection from their immediate surroundings. Smartphone sales are expected to continue to surge in 2013 with some 918 million units to be bought worldwide.

Women look at their smartphones while walking together outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, March 19.

Friends looking at their smartphones at a coffee shop in a shopping mall in Bangkok, March 19.

People using their smartphones and tablets in a shopping mall in Bangkok, March 19.

A man using a tablet and a woman using a smartphone as another young woman passes by talking on a smartphone at a shopping mall in Bangkok, March 21.

Muay Thai boxers fight in the Buriram province of Isan, Thailand on June 28, 2012. Muay Thai is deeply entwined with the history of Thailand itself, developed from the need for hand-to-hand combat centuries ago as a form of defense from perpetual invasions from neighboring countries.

Students from 96 Penang, a Muay Thai boxing camp, rest during their daily training session in Bangkok on June 26, 2012. The gym, located under an expressway overpass in a run-down slum area, has a fine reputation for developing and preparing fighters. Most of the students are sent by parents from Isan, a rural region in northeastern Thailand, in the hopes their sons will become good fighters and can help the family financially as many come from poor backgrounds.

A student from 96 Penang, a Muay Thai boxing camp, prepares for a daily training session in Bangkok on June 26, 2012.

Students from 96 Penang, a Muay Thai boxing camp, grapple during a daily training session in Bangkok on June 26, 2012.

Students from 96 Penang, a Muay Thai boxing camp, rest after a daily training session in Bangkok on June 27, 2012.

A young Muay Thai boxer celebrates a win in the ring on June 28, 2012. Boxers range between eight to 25-years-old and compete in different categories.

A Buddhist nun speaks with novice Thai nuns at the Sathira Dammasathan Buddhist meditation centre in Bangkok on April 20. (All images captured by Sukree Sukplang of Reuters on April 20)

Novice Thai nuns walk in line at the Sathira Dammasathan Buddhist meditation centre in Bangkok.

Novice Thai nuns play at the Sathira Dammasathan Buddhist meditation centre in Bangkok.

Novice Thai nuns stand in line to receive food from people at the Sathira Dammasathan Buddhist meditation centre in Bangkok.

A Buddhist nun prays with novice Thai nuns at the Sathira Dammasathan Buddhist meditation centre.

Mourners hold pictures of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi as her urn is escorted to the cremation pyre in Bangkok, on April 9. Princess Bejaratana, who was the only child of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI passed away from on July 27, 2011, aged 85.

Thai soldiers pull a royal chariot carrying the royal urn containing the remains of late Princess Bejraratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi march in procession on the way to a funeral pyre outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, 09 April 2012. Cousin to the reigning Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), Princess Bejaratana, the only daughter of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) passed away on 27 July 2011 at the age of 85 from a blood infection.

The royal chariot with the urn of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi is pulled by men dressed in ancient uniforms to the cremation pyre in Bangkok, on April 9. Princess Bejaratana, who was the only child of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI passed away on July 27, 2011, aged 85.

Royal guards escort the royal urn of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi to the cremation pyre in Bangkok April 9. Princess Bejaratana, who was the only child of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI, passed away on July 27, 2011, aged 85.

Thai soldiers walk of the royal chariot carrying the royal urn of Thai Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi (not seen) during the ancient rites of the royal cremation ceremony at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on April 9. Thai Princess Bejaratana, the first cousin of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, was admitted to Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital on July 13 for bloodstream infection and passed away on July 27, 2011 after her condition worsened.

A policeman talks to Hamsiri during the standoff.

Police said Hamsiri was under the influence of drugs.

Police electroshock Hamsiri with a Taser to bring the incident to an end.

This combination of images taken from closed-circuit television footage and released on Feb. 15, 2012 by the Thai police shows three men police suspect were involved in a string of blasts which hit Bangkok on Feb. 14 walking in a street of the Thai capital on the same day.

Mohammad Hazaei, 42, after he was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on Feb. 14, 2012.

The damage caused by a blast at the house where suspected bomber Saeid Moradi was staying in Bangkok on Feb. 15, 2012.