On April 23, 2021, Prakrusamu Sanitwong Wuttiwangso, Director of Communication Dept., Wat Phra Dhammakaya said “ The leading foreign press , such as Reuters, AFP, Voice of America (VOA), EPA, CNN, CCTV, Nikkei Asia (Japan), The Straits Times (Singapore), NBC News (New York), and South China Morning Post and Thai press like Banmuang Online, Amarin TV, TNN World, The Sender, Twitter of Weeranan Voice TV, Talk News Online and Thai Reference, report the news regarding the online ceremony of Wat Phra Dhammakaya’s Earth Day via Zoom Application according to the concept “Cleanse the Mind, Cleanse the World with Meditation on Earth Day”. In this event, the highlight is the candle lighting as the Largest Flaming Image which will be recorded in Guinness World Records .”
A Thai temple has set a candle record on Earth Day. pic.twitter.com/sfrj0OhB5Q
— DW News (@dwnews) April 23, 2021
Buddhist monks light 330,000 candles arranged in the shape of Earth to set a Guinness World Record during #EarthDay at Dhammakaya temple in Thailand pic.twitter.com/7mmOwhtUn9
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 23, 2021
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Please see more information in the following press links :
Foreign Press
- Voice of America (U.S.A.)
Column “THE DAY IN PHOTOS”
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/april-22-2021-day-in-photos/5863423.html2. VOA (Thailand)
https://www.voathai.com/a/april-22-2021-day-in-photos/5863480.html3. Reuters (South East Asia)
Twitter of South East Asia Editor
https://twitter.com/tostevinm/status/13852411279896453164. Twitter of Reuters (South East Asia)
Buddhist monks light 330,000 candles arranged in the shape of Earth to set a Guinness World Record during #EarthDayat Dhammakaya temple in Thailand
https://twitter.com/reuters/status/13855817229562306625. Reuters (India)
https://twitter.com/reutersindia/status/13857729830005678146. CNN
The Week in 40 Photos (Photo No.21)
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/22/world/gallery/photos-this-week-april-16-april-22/index.html7. Deutsche Welle (Germany)
https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/13854000255182807068. AFP (France)
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1385414759667802120?s=20
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/1385458412528410631?s=20
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/1385241868762505217?s=069. TRT World Now (Turkey)
https://twitter.com/trtworldnow/status/138526966720437862510. Daily Sabah (Turkey)
https://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/earth-day-protests-and-spacex-top-pictures-of-the-week/images11. South China Morning Post (China)
https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/3130723/thai-temple-attempts-world-record-330000-candles-lit-mark-earth-day12. CCTV Asia Pacific (China)
https://twitter.com/mwanzotv/status/138626670653697229213. People’s Daily China (China)
https://twitter.com/pdchina/status/138560563103026790714. The Star (China)
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/04/24/sect-attempts-world-record15. YTN (Korea)
https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0104_20210423182522613916. Yonhup (South Korea)
https://m.yna.co.kr/view/IPT2021042300000236517. The Guardian (England)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2021/apr/22/earth-day-and-a-bouquet-of-love-thursdays-best-photos18. The Telegraph (England)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/22/pictures-day-something-organise-ed/buddhist-monks-light-330000-candles-attempt-break-guinness-world/19. Nikkei Asia (Japan)
https://twitter.com/NikkeiAsia/status/1385414663312076806?s=2020. The Straits Times (Singapore)
Today in Pictures
https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/photos/today-in-pictures-april-23-202121. Yahoo! News (Singapore)
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thai-temple-lights-300-000-101616688.html22. Yahoo News (The pictures from AFP)
https://news.yahoo.com/thai-buddhist-sect-attempts-world-151114274.html23. ABS-CBN (Philippines)
https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/multimedia/photo/04/22/21/earth-day-2021-buddhist-monks-attempt-guinness24. Inquirer (Philippines)
https://twitter.com/inquirerdotnet/status/138541099609787597125. Sindonews (Indonesia)
https://photo.sindonews.com/view/12732/susunan-330-000-lilin-berbentuk-bumi-di-kuil-dhammakaya-thailand26. Twitter SINDOnews
Susunan 330.000 Lilin Berbentuk Bumi di Kuil Dhammakaya Thailand
https://twitter.com/SINDOnews/status/1385253533641973760?s=0627. “Tempo” Magazine (Indonesia)
https://en.tempo.co/photo/88244/thai-temple-sets-world-record-with-over-300000-candles-lit-to-mark-earth-day28. Indians in gulf (India)
https://www.indiansingulf.in/world/2021/04/22/cleanse-the-mind-thai-buddhist-sect-attempts-world-record-with-330000-candles29. Indian Express (India)
https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/thai-monks-light-330000-candles-on-earth-day-to-set-world-record-7287031/30. Wionews (India)
https://www.wionews.com/videos/thai-temple-sets-world-record-with-over-300000-candles-lit-to-mark-earth-day-37956931. India in Cambodia
https://twitter.com/indembcam/status/138553190016123699632. Sri Lanka Global (Sri Lanka)
https://twitter.com/srilankaglobal/status/138541730579913523633. DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) Denmark
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/advarer-om-risiko-hoej-brandfare-i-store-dele-af-landet-i-weekenden34. Il Messaggero (Italy)
https://www.ilmessaggero.it/fotogallery/mondo/record_del_mondo_earth_day_candele_tempio_buddista_foto-5915977.html35. Asienews (France)
https://twitter.com/asianews_fr/status/138560497510805504836. NBC News (New York –USA)
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/thai-monks-set-candles-world-record-to-mark-earth-day-11071648594937. Barrons (USA)
https://www.barrons.com/news/thai-buddhist-sect-attempts-world-record-with-330-000-candles-01619104528?tesla=y38. NowThis (New York-USA)
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/138645195707469824139. The Atlantic (USA)
Photos of the Week
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/04/photos-week-happy-cows-bird-paradise-big-merino/618671/40.Blog ricardoantunes.com.br (Brazil)
Pictures of the Day
https://ricardoantunes.com.br/ex-marqueteiro-de-lula-condenado-pela-lava-jato-vai-trabalhar-pra-ciro-gomes1/41. NTV (Uganda)
https://twitter.com/ntvuganda/status/138624611000453120542. MwanzoTV (East Africa)
https://twitter.com/mwanzotv/status/138626670653697229243. TN8 (Nicaragua-Central America)
https://twitter.com/canaltn8/status/138531220755934822944. Agencia Andina (Peru-South America)
https://twitter.com/agencia_andina/status/138529533174794241145. Twitter Alto Nivel (Mexico-North America)
#Galería Personas encienden 330,000 velas dispuestas en forma de tierra para establecer un récord mundial Guinness durante el Día de la Tierra, en el templo Dhammakaya en la provincia de Pathum Thani, Tailandia.
https://t.co/rPXWMAkFKj47. Flipboard
https://flipboard.com/@thephotodesk/world-earth-day-2021-photos-jbvgajealvcu30if48. New York Time (no link identified)
49. RTL (Germany)
https://today.rtl.lu/news/science-and-environment/a/1710338.html50. La Vanguardia (Spain)
จุดประทีป 330,000 ดวง ในงานคุ้มครองโลก ซึ่งเป็นที่ถกเถียงกันในประเทศไทย
https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20210422/7026864/330-000-velas-controvertida-conmemoracion-dia-tierra-tailandia.html51. Nau (Switzerland)
นิกายไทยที่เป็นที่ถกเถียงกันจุดประทีป 330,000 ดวงเนื่องใน “วันคุ้มครองโลก”
https://www.nau.ch/news/ausland/umstrittene-thailandische-sekte-zundet-am-tag-der-erde-330000-kerzen-an-6591202952. Yahoo-Australia
นิกายพุทธในประเทศไทยบันทึกสถิติโลกด้วยการจุดประทีป 330,000 ดวง
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thai-buddhist-sect-attempts-world-151114056.html53. France 24 (France)
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210422-thai-buddhist-sect-attempts-world-record-with-330-000-candles***************
Thai Press
1.Facebook Online MiuMiu
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=794156321538485&id=151794155774708
2.Facebook Talknews Online
https://www.facebook.com/1663329517046682/posts/4095857893793820/?d=n
3. Facebook Pathumthani News
https://www.facebook.com/3049810711826311/posts/3678818225592220/?d=n
4.Twitter Weeranan VoiceTV
https://twitter.com/weeranan/status/1385273863852871685
https://twitter.com/weeranan/status/1385259831301328898
5.Twitter of Chuek Chotchuay The Sender
https://twitter.com/Chuek_Chot/status/1385248989231026180
6. The sender
https://thesender.co/12387/news/
https://www.facebook.com/388396157974208/posts/1921457368001405/?d=n
7.Thai Reference
https://ift.tt/2QSP0IJ
8. Kom Chad Luk around thailand
https://www.komkhaotuathai.com/contents/23538
9. The Newspaper “Siam Eagle Online”
https://www.siameagle.com/900302-2/
10. Twitter Amarin TV
อลังการ วันคุ้มครองโลก วัดพระธรรมกาย จุดประทีปบูชาพระรัตนตรัยทำลายสถิติโลก (ภาพ-คลิป)
https://twitter.com/amarintvhd/status/1385556530531946497?s=20
11. Amarin TV Online
https://www.amarintv.com/news/detail/76535
12. Naewna Online
https://www.naewna.com/local/568042
13. Khao 24 News Online
https://khao24online.blogspot.com/2021/04/19.html
14. INN
https://www.innnews.co.th/news/news_88116/
15. TNN World
https://fb.watch/577JlD5HQR/
