Clean-up work begins in Thailand's ancient capital

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Photo taken in the city of Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Nov. 10, 2011, shows an elephant and mahout that are part of the clean-up teams trying to return the World Heritage site and ancient Thai capital to normal after weeks of flooding inundated all but three of 505 active Buddhist temples in Ayutthaya Province.

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