17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: People pray at a fingernail of the big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ