Thousands of people at Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai, Bang Phli, attended the "Lotus Throwing" festival to mark the end of the Buddhist Retreat. A Buddha image on a boat, made its way down the canal, while worshippers on both banks threw lotus flowers at it. After one hour, the mound of lotus flowers had reached the neck of the Buddha. In the picture below, Anuwat Methiwibunwut, Director General of the Land Department, says a prayer after throwing a lotus flower onto the boat. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)

Thailand's Queen Sirikit attends the cremation ceremony of 28-year-old Angkana Radappanyawuthi at a temple in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok October 13, 2008. Queen Sirikit attended the funeral on Monday of Angkana Radappanyawuthi, an anti-government protester killed in clashes with police a week ago, the strongest sign yet of royal backing for the five-month-old street movement. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)

Thousands of government supporters attend a rally at a park Sunday Oct. 12, 2008 in Bangkok Thailand. Thousands of government supporters rallied as anti-government protesters planned a demonstration Monday at the police headquarters in Bangkok to protest alleged police brutality during clashes last Tuesday. (AP Photo by Ed Wray)

Thai participants pray as they stand in coffins next to a buddhist monk during the coffin ceremony at Wat Prommanee (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders Chamlong Srimuang (R) and Chaiwat Sinsuwong gesture as they leave Bangkok Remand Prison after being granted bail at 100,000 baht ($2,905) each October 9, 2008. Chamlong, a key leader of a month-long anti-government protest inside Bangkok's Government House compound, was arrested on Sunday. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

Thai soldiers stand on guard at corners in Bangkok on Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008. Uneasy calm returned to Bangkok a day after fierce clashes between anti-government protesters and police left at least two killed and more than 400 injured. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

A policeman sits by the side of the road after being injured during clashes with anti-government demonstrators outside Parliament in Bangkok. Chulalongkorn Hospital refused to treat police injured from the clashes with the PAD to show that its doctors and nurses disagreed with the government and police actions. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)

Protesters stand next to a burning car after a car bomb explosion near the Parliament building in Bangkok on October 7, 2008. One man died october 7 when a car bomb exploded in Bangkok near Thailand's parliament building, where thousands of anti-government protesters had clashed with police, a police official said. (AFP/Getty Images)

A seriously injured anti-government protester cries after an explosion blew off his lower left leg during clashes with Thai police in front of parliament in Bangkok, Thailsnd, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The exact source of the explosion was not immediately known. (AP Photo by Wason Wanichakorn)

Anti-government demonstrators transport the injured in the back of a pick-up truck after riot police shot tear gas into a crowd of protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok October 7, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters on Tuesday, clearing them from a road to Parliament after they had vowed to stop Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat delivering his maiden policy speech. At least 50 people were injured, three seriously, hospital officials said. (Reuters Pictures)

An injured anti-government protester asks for help in front of Parliament in Bangkok Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Police fired gear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to Parliament, heating up a political crisis that has gripped the country for six weeks. (AP Photo by Wason Wanichakorn)