Myanmar's military long viewed the insurgency among persecuted Rohingya Muslims as an existential threat to the majority Buddhist nation, but as the Arakan Army rebel group makes sweeping gains, the military and some Rohingya fighters now face a common foe.

Despite being toppled over twice by a real elephant, the elephant statue nicknamed Plai Ning has returned to its post outside the Khao Yai National Park’s visitor centre in Nakhon Ratchasima.