Novices sit in lines in front of the Maha Chedi during a mass ordination at Dhamagaya Temple in Pathumthani Province, central Thailand, on Tuesday. Ten of thousands of men were ordained in a dawn ceremony to mark the three-month long Buddhist Lent or the rainy season when Buddhist monks remain in the monasteries to study the teachings of Lord Buddha.
PHOTO: Apichart Weerawong/AP
