Ashes of Thai cave boy scattered on river after his death at football academy

Family members, accompanied by monks and fellow mourners, release the ashes of Duangphet Phromthep in a makeshift boat, along with footballs and some of his prized possessions, into the Mekong River in Chiang Rai Province (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Family members, monks and friends watched from a boat as the ashes of one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand in 2018 were released into the Mekong River.

Duangphet Phromthep, 17, died last month while attending a football academy in England.