Viewfinder: Elephants Celebrate the World Cup in Thailand

Pacific Standard Staff
June 18, 2018
Elephants participate in a football game to kick off the World Cup fever as part of an anti-gambling campaign at the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya on June 13th, 2018.
Elephants participate in a football game to kick off the World Cup fever as part of an anti-gambling campaign at the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya on June 13th, 2018. Painted with flags of countries competing in the World Cup, the nine elephants played a game against students from a local school ahead of the start of the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia.

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