Twenty-three schoolchildren and teachers died in a bus fire on the outskirts of Bangkok while on a field trip on Oct. 1. The vehicle, carrying 45, is believed to have caught fire due to a gas leak, with rapidly spreading flames trapping victims inside as rescuers struggled to access the scene amid intense heat and smoke. (Photo by Reuters)

First responders inspect the burnt-out shell of the bus that caught fire in the Thai capital on Oct. 1.

The body of a child killed in the bus fire is carried past crowds in Thailand's Uthai Thani province on Oct. 2. (Photo by Reuters)

Former Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin arrives to offer condolences to the families of victims of the bus fire ahead of a cremation ceremony on Oct. 8 in Uthai Thani province. (Photo by Getty Images)

Oil Kaewprasert, 31, reacts during a funeral for her son, Theerapong Piankasiwittaya, in Uthai Thani province on Oct. 3. (Photo by Reuters)

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, sixth from left, and other Asian leaders pose for a photo during the 27th ASEAN-Japan meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 10. (Photo by Reuters)

Dancers perform during the Oct. 9 opening ceremony of the ASEAN summit and related meetings in the Laotian capital. (Photo by Reuters)

From left, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Thailand's new prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, stand for a group photo in Vientiane on Oct. 9. (Photo by Reuters)

Ratan Tata, the chairman emeritus of Tata Sons who oversaw the Indian conglomerate's global expansion, has died at the age of 86, the group said on Oct. 9. In this photo, Tata poses with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a factory in the western Indian state of Gujarat in 2010. (File photo by Reuters)

Police officers stand guard on Oct. 10 as media wait outside the Mumbai hospital where Ratan Tata died. (Photo by Reuters)

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, standing at far right in the first row, and members of his cabinet watch as Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers raise their hands and cheer after the dissolution of the lower house of parliament was announced on Oct. 9 in Tokyo. A snap election has been called for Oct. 27. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

A girl plays in an arcade as Typhoon Krathon approaches Kaohsiung in Taiwan on Oct. 2. (Photo by Reuters)

Fallen cargo containers lie in disarray after Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Taiwan's Kaohsiung on Oct. 4. (Photo by Reuters)

Railway passengers look at the body of an elephant that died after being hit by a train in Habarana, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 6. (Photo by Reuters)

A woman makes a handprint on a wall in Ahmedabad, India, during the first day of the Hindu festival of Navaratri on Oct. 3. (Photo by Reuters)