Key leaders and local dignitaries carefully lift the

Key leaders and local dignitaries carefully lift the first pillar of a new school structure during a pillar raising ceremony at Wattatakian School in Mueang district, Phitsanulok province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 27, 2014. The ceremony, said to bring good luck, was part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014, a multinational exercise that promotes regional partnership, prosperity and security in the Asia-Pacific region.