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In pictures: Thailand mourners continues to pay respect for late King Bhumibol
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign.
Thais pray in memory of the late King of Thailand outside the Grand Palace on October 17, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
A picture of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej is displayed on a giant screen as evening rush-hour traffic drives past in the commercial district of Bangkok on October 17, 2016. Bangkok was a sea of black and white as commuters, civil servants — and even a princess — returned to work on October 17 in a sombre but determined display that life must go on without their beloved king. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
Students of Silpakorn University paint portraits of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the university campus in Bangkok on October 17, 2016. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej died at the age of 88 on October 13 after years of ill health, ending a seven-decade reign and leaving the politically divided nation without its key pillar of unity. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
Thai commuters ride the Bangkok Sky Train honoring the late King by wearing black on October 17, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
Thai commuters ride the Bangkok Sky Train honoring the late King by wearing black on October 17, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
The Thai national flag flies at half mast in the backdrop of a portrait of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside a government building in Bangkok on October 17, 2016. On his birthday Thais wore yellow, when he got sick they put on pink, and now that King Bhumibol Adulyadej has passed Bangkok’s streets have turned monochrome in a extraordinary display of collective grief. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
A man reads a newspaper with a picture of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej as he monitors a stock index board at a bank in Bangkok on October 18, 2016. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
The clubs and bars of the adult entertainment district Soi Cowboy remain shuttered and silent as the country continues to mourn the loss of its King on October 16, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as the nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
A woman wears a hat adorned with pins showing images of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej as she sits among a crowd clad in black in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok on October 16, 2016. On his birthday Thais wore yellow, when he got sick they put on pink, and now that King Bhumibol Adulyadej has passed Bangkok’s streets have turned monochrome in a extraordinary display of collective grief. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
A Thai woman dressed in balck holds a portrait of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on October 16, 2016. On his birthday Thais wore yellow, when he got sick they put on pink, and now that King Bhumibol Adulyadej has passed Bangkok’s streets have turned monochrome in a extraordinary display of collective grief. The venerated monarch died at the age of 88 on October 13, plunging the nation into mourning and leaving a politically divided people bereft of a rare unifying figure. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
Thousands of Thai wait to enter the Grand Palace on October 16, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
Royal guards stand outside the Grand Palace on October 16, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
People light candles in memory of the late King of Thailand outside the Grand Palace in the early hours of October 16, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as the nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
Thai’s pray in memory of the late King of Thailand outside the Grand Palace on October 16, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 88 in Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital on Thursday after his 70-year reign. The Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for time to grieve the loss of his father before becoming the next king as nation waits for the coronation date. (Getty Images)
