Ten elephants painted in white paraded along a road next to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Tuesday, May 7, in honor of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who was crowned over the weekend.
The pachyderms and their handlers from Ayutthaya province, an ancient capital city, stopped and knelt to the ground at one point in front of a portrait of the king.
Many onlookers said they were delighted to witness the event, while saying that elephants are a “symbol of the monarch.” (Reuters)

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