Thailand observes annual Loy Krathong festival with Krathongs

People light up the candle on Krathongs in Surin, Thailand, Nov. 22, 2018. Thailand observed the annual Loy Krathong festival on Thursday. As a tradition that has been followed for at least seven centuries, people set afloat lotus-shaped rafts adorned with candles, incense and flowers, known as Krathongs, around the twelfth full moon night of the Thai calendar while wishing a year's bad luck to be washed away by the waters. (Xinhua/Zhang Keren) (dhf)