One for the album: Visitors posing for photos in front of a statue of Thai diver Saman Gunan at the visitor centre near the Tham Luang cave entrance. — AFP
Mae Sai (Thailand): Tourists snap selfies by a bronze statue of the diver who died trying to save the “Wild Boars” football team from a flooded cave, while mementos from their rescue fly off the shelves – scooped up by the 1.3 million people who have descended on a once serene mountainside in northern Thailand.
“It’s amazing what happened here. I followed everything from Australia,” tourist John McGowan said after taking photos at the visitor centre around 100m from the Tham Luang cave entrance.
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