Bangkok, Thailandia

(AP Photo/David Longstreath)

A Thai school girl, her face painted with flags from Japan and Argentina, attends ceremonies Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Bangkok a day ahead of the opening of the World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa. Hundreds of tourists looked on Thursday as two elephants paraded down Khao San Road, a popular tourist area in Bangkok, in celebration of the start of the World Cup aoccer tournament.