Thailand

Through rituals like tree ordinations some monks in Thailand are integrating Buddhist principles into sustainable ecological practices.

• By Kiley Price

Onlookers cheer as ambulances deliver boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand to a hospital on July 8th, 2018, in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Kanchanaburi, Thailand: Two tigers cool off at Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yannasampanno, a Buddhist temple that once doubled as a wildlife refuge. Thai authorities later removed the tigers after allegations of wildlife trafficking.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Transgender health care has diminished alongside a creeping crackdown against Malaysia's LGBT community over the last four decades.

• By Courtney Brooks

Mahachai, Thailand: Burmese migrant workers peel shrimp at a processing factory in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Talent has replaced the depletion of natural resources as the world's biggest crisis.

• By Jim Russell