31 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People make merit and pray at Wat Pathum Wanaram on New Year's Eve in Bangkok. Hundreds of thousands of people pack into the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok for the city's annual New Year's Eve countdown. Many Thais go the Erawan Shrine and Wat Pathum Wanaram near the intersection to pray and make merit. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ