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Oct 11, 2022: Phra Kru Adisai Kitjanuwat, the abbott of Wat Rat Samakee, lights 19 funeral pyres ( 18 containing child victims 2-5 years old and 1 containing their teacher who was 8 months pregnant) during a mass cremation for victims of the October 6th Uthai Suwan day care center tragedy that devastated Thailand and claimed the lives 37 people, 24 of them being children.
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October 7th, 2022: The Uthai Suwan Subdistrict office's daycare center in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand where the assailant killed 22 children and several staff members the day before. Flowers and offerings of snacks were brought to the gates of the school by mourners following the attack.
Oct 7 ,2022: A coffin holding the body of the assailant is moved by Song Serm Tham Foundation staff members on the morning after the massacre, in Udon Thani, Thailand.
Oct 10, 2022: Toys, clothes, and flowers lay in front of a refrigerated coffin holding the body of a child victim of the Uthai Suwan day care center massacre during funeral rites at Wat Rat Samakee, in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand.
October 9th, 2022: A photograph of a child victim from the Uthai Suwan day care center illuminated by a candle hangs from a memorial outside of Wat Rat Samakee temple in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand as multi-day Buddhist funeral rites take place for the victims.
Oct 7, 2022: A woman lies on the ground overcome with grief at Wat Rat Samakee, where approximately 15 of the massacre victims' bodies have been brought for Buddhist funeral rights, in Nong Bua Lamphu province.
Oct 11, 2022: Mourners line up outside of Wat Rat Samakee to pay their respects during the final day of funeral rites for 19 victims of the Uthai Sawan massacre.
Oct 10, 2022: A mourner lights incense in front of a memorial outside of Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand during the funeral rites for victims of the tragedy.
October 9th, 2022: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha walks on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand with hands clasped in a wai during a visit to show moral support for the victim's families and local community as the multi-day Buddhist funeral rites for victims of the October 6th, 2022 massacre take place.
Oct 9, 2022: A mourner stands behind a wall of flower wreaths outside of Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand during the funeral rites for victims of the Uthai Suwan day care center massacre.
Oct 11, 2023: Representatives of a local car dealership take part in a giveaway of refreshments to members of the public who gathered at Wat Rat Samakee temple on the final day of funeral rites for 19 victims of the Uthai Sawan massacre.
Oct 8, 2022: A mourner places a lit candle among offerings and flowers for the victims of the Uthai Suwan day care center massacre outside of the Wat Rat Samakee temple in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand as Buddhist funeral rites take place inside for the victims.
Oct 11, 2022: Mourners sit in front of temporary shrines for the victims of the Uthai Suwan day care center massacre during funeral rites for the victims at Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand.
Oct 8, 2022: An official talks with a mourner during the first full day of funeral rights for the victims of the Uthai Sawan day care center massacre at the Wat Rat Samakee temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand.
Oct 8, 2022: Mourners line up outside of Wat Rat Samakee to pay their respects during the seond day of funeral rites for 19 victims of the Uthai Sawan massacre.
Oct 8, 2022: A mourner places a toy plastic truck on top of a metal refrigerated coffin containing a child victim of the Uthai Sawan massacre on the second day of funeral rites for 19 of the 36 victims.
Oct 10, 2022: Officials sit with hands clasped during funeral rites at Wat Rat Samakee for victims of the Uthai Suwan day care center massacre in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand.
Oct 10, 2022: The portraits of child victims of the massacre sit on top of refrigerated coffins at Wat Si Uthai in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand as Buddhist funeral rights for the deceased take place.
Oct 10, 2022: Mourners tie fabric garlands to brick funeral pyre foundations on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee for victims of the Uthai Suwan day care center massacre in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand.
Oct 10, 2022: Brick foundations under construction for the funeral pyres for 15 of the victims of the Uthai Suwan day care center massacre, during funeral rights at at Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand.
Oct 11, 2022: A mourner walks past rows of funeral pyres in a field outside of Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand as Buddhist funeral rights for the victims of the tragedy take place.
Oct 11, 2022: Family members of a child victim walk while the coffin containing their loved one is carried behind them, shortly before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the slain takes place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
Oct 11, 2022: Officials place a ceremonial lantern and flowers on a table to be used during the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the victims of the massacre.
Oct 11, 2022: Police officers carry the coffin containing a child victim shortly before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the slain takes place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
Oct 11, 2022: Family members of a child victim walk while the coffin containing their loved one is carried behind them, shortly before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the slain takes place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
Oct 11, 2022: Mourners and family members watch as the coffins of their loved ones are placed on brick funeral pyres before a mass cremation ceremony.
Oct 11, 2022: A family member holds the portrait of 2-and-a-half-year-old massacre victim Phakin Kenda as his coffin is carried to a brick funeral pyre before being cremated. Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province hosted the multi-day Buddhist funeral rites for 19 of the 36 murdered during the tragedy.
Oct 11, 2022: Thai soldiers in civilian dress take help move ceremonial items and toy offerings before the start of the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the victims of the Uthai Sawan massacre.
Oct 11, 2022: Thai police officers place the coffin containing a child victim of the Uthai Sawan massacre onto a brick funeral pyre as a monk holds onto one end of the sacred white sai sin white string, which is tied to the coffin.
Oct 11, 2022: The husband of 26-year-old teacher Supaporn Prammongmook, 8 months pregnant when she was killed inside the daycare center, carries a graduation portrait of his late wife as her coffin is carried behind him, before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the 36 massacre victims takes place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee temple in Nong Bua Lamphu province
Oct 11, 2022: Police officers place the coffin of a child victim onto a brick funeral pyre shortly before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the slain, on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
Oct 11, 2022: A mourner close the lid of a coffin containing a child victim of the massacre after family members take one final look at their deceased love one shortly before the start of a mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the victims of the massacre, taking place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
Oct 11, 2022: An official places a portrait on the coffin of a child victim of the Uthai Sawan massacre shortly before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the slain, on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
Oct 11, 2022: Monks stand next to the brick funeral pyre containing the coffin of a child victim, shortly before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the slain takes place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
Oct 11, 2022: Family members of a child victim of the massacre stand behind the brick funeral pyre containing the coffin of their loved one, shortly before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the slain takes place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee.
October 11th, 2022: The husband of 26-year-old teacher Supaporn Prammongmook, 8 months pregnant when she was killed inside the daycare center, touches the coffin of his late wife one last time before the mass cremation ceremony for 19 of the 36 massacre victims takes place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee temple in Nong Bua Lamphu province.
Oct 11, 2022: Phra Kru Adisai Kitjanuwat, the abbott of Wat Rat Samakee temple, gently taps the coffin of a child victim after setting it on fire during the mass cremation ceremony for 19 victims of the massacre.
Oct 11, 2022: A man holds the pet dog of one of the child victims of the Uthai Suwan daycare massacre as cremations for 19 of the casualties take place on the grounds of Wat Rat Samakee in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand.