Surayud Chulanont

New Thai Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, right, bows in respect and thanks before Buddhist monk His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Somdet Phra Sangharaja at Wat Bowonniwet temple in Bangkok Monday, Oct. 2, 2006 after the head monk had presented him the golden Buddha. Surayud visited the temple first on his first day as new interim prime minister. He was sworn in on Sunday only hours after the approval of the new temporary constitution following the coup on Sept. 19 which deposed former caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. (AP Photo/Naro Ng Sanganak, POOL)