People in Thailand are celebrating the Thai New Year, Songkran, with the iconic water fights. The New Year festivities will last three days, which include traditional parades and the crowning of Lady Songkran.

Thailand celebrates 'Songkran': Locals, tourists spray water from pistols & hoses

Songkran water festival, a traditional Thai New Year, is celebrated annually from 13 April to 15 April. It is also observed in other Southeast Asian countries such as Laos and Cambodia.

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Gun-toting Bangkok residents and tourists wreaked havoc on the streets of the capital on Saturday, spraying each other with massive water guns to celebrate "Songkran" or Thai new year.

Bangkok is drenched as residents and tourists celebrate the Thai new year

Thais and tourists alike cooled off in the heat and marked the Thai New Year on Thursday by splashing water with elephants.

Water fight between elephants and people marks Thai New Year

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