Thai drug rehabilitation, Logano wins Daytona and World Gander Fighting | Feb. 22
The mysterious ways of drug rehabilitation in Thailand, the Daytona 500 winner, fighting geese and more in the day in photos from around the world.
- Chris Sanson of New Zealand competes during Challenge Wanaka in Wanaka, New Zealand. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Anna Meares of Australia, is follow by Shanne Braspennincx of the Netherlands and Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez of Cuba, compete during the Women’s Keirin race at the Track Cycling World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, France. Anna Meares of Australia won gold, Shanne Braspennincx of the Netherlands won silver and Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez of Cuba. won bronze. (Michel Euler/AP)
- People hold up a giant Ukrainian flag following ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Maidan revolution that led to the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich one year ago at Maidan Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe)
- A foreign drug rehabilitation patient and monk chat near the steam baths on February 22, 2015 at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Thai drug rehabilitation patients pose for pictures after leaving a steam bath designed to detoxify the body at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Herbal medicine is handed to a drug rehabilitation patient at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Thai drug rehabilitation patients exit a steam bath designed to detoxify the body at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Large black stone statues stand at the entry to the temple at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- A secret herbal concoction which induces vomiting is poured for a Thai drug rehabilitation patient at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- After taking a secret herbal medicine designed to induce vomiting and cleanse the body, a drug rehabilitation patient vomits into a gutter at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Two Thai drug rehabilitation patients return to their quarters after taking a load of trash to a nearby dumpster at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Enormous golden Buddhist statues stand at the entryway to one of the temples at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Mobile phones are locked in a safe in the monastery office, and drug rehabilitation patients are only allowed access to them 3 times per week at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- A drug rehabilitation patient walks through the patients’ quarters at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- A Thai drug rehabilitation patient and monk sweep leaves and debris from the grounds at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand. Wat Tham Krabok is the largest free drug rehabilitation center in Thailand and offers its 7 to 28 day detoxification courses to both locals and foreigners. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- A little girl poses for photos as she and her family visit a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Sheep during serious pollution in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Sheep also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. (Feng Li/Getty Images AsiaPac)
- Irina Avvakumova of Russia competes in the Mixed Team HS100 Normal Hill Ski Jumping during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at the Lugnet venue in Falun, Sweden. (Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Europe)
- Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP drives through the sirty side of the track during day four of Formula One Winter Testing at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo, Spain. (Dan Istitene/Getty Images Europe)
- DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 22: Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, and Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, lead the field during pace laps prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 57th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 22, 2015 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** ORG XMIT: 537377255(Chris Graythen/Getty Images North America)
- Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, leads the field during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 57th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Robert Laberge/Getty Images North America)
- Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 57th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images North America)
- Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 57th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
- David Ferrer of Spain holds up his trophy after defeating Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in the Rio Open tennis tournament men’s final match, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Felipe Dana/AP)
- Model Daisy Lowe wears an outfit by designer Vivienne Westwood, for the Autumn/Winter 2015 show at London Fashion Week, in London. (Alastair Grant/AP)
- A member of Indiaís Dongria tribe stands during the two-day long Niyamraja Festival atop the Niyamgiri hills near Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, Orissa state, India. Every year, members of this indigenous group celebrate this festival sacrificing animals and birds in worship of their deity. (Biswaranjan Rout/AP)
- Texas Rangers players warm up during spring training baseball practice in Surprise, Ariz. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
- People watch as a gander chases his opponent during a fight in Mokrin, 120 kilometers north of Belgrade, Serbia. The so-called World Gander Fighting Championship, an annual event that attracts gander owners and their fighting pets from miles around, is held every February in the Serbian village of Mokrin. Gander fights, which are considered part of folklore in northern Serbia, are not extremely violent, and the fighting animals do not get seriously injured, apart from losing a few feathers. (Marko Drobnjakovic/AP)
- People wait for a gander fight to start in Mokrin, 120 kilometers north of Belgrade, Serbia. The so-called World Gander Fighting Championship, an annual event that attracts gander owners and their fighting pets from miles around, is held every February in the Serbian village of Mokrin. Gander fights, which are considered part of folklore in northern Serbia, are not extremely violent, and the fighting animals do not get seriously injured, apart from losing a few feathers. (Marko Drobnjakovic/AP)
- Two ganders fight in Mokrin, 120 kilometers north of Belgrade, Serbia. The so-called World Gander Fighting Championship, an annual event that attracts gander owners and their fighting pets from miles around, is held every February in the Serbian village of Mokrin. Gander fights, which are considered part of folklore in northern Serbia, are not extremely violent, and the fighting animals do not get seriously injured, apart from losing a few feathers. (Marko Drobnjakovic/AP)
- People watch a gander fight in Mokrin, 120 kilometers north of Belgrade, Serbia. The so-called World Gander Fighting Championship, an annual event that attracts gander owners and their fighting pets from miles around, is held every February in the Serbian village of Mokrin. Gander fights, which are considered part of folklore in northern Serbia, are not extremely violent, and the fighting animals do not get seriously injured, apart from losing a few feathers. (Marko Drobnjakovic/AP)
- A gander spreads his wings in celebration after winning in a fight in Mokrin, 120 kilometers north of Belgrade, Serbia. The so-called World Gander Fighting Championship, an annual event that attracts gander owners and their fighting pets from miles around, is held every February in the Serbian village of Mokrin. Gander fights, which are considered part of folklore in northern Serbia, are not extremely violent, and the fighting animals do not get seriously injured, apart from losing a few feathers. (Marko Drobnjakovic/AP)