Three girls stand on the banks of the Mekong, where the river flows lazily and wide through the landscape of Nong Khai. In the morning sun, the water glistens like a silver ribbon, with green treetops rising behind it, silently watching over the scene. They capture the moment with an old flip phone - a selfie that not only captures their faces, but also the carefree feeling of this hour.
They stand close together, laughing, arms around each other. Their colourful T-shirts and jackets stand out brightly against the wide sky and the calm river. It is a picture of friendship and lightness, of childlike joy in a world that is constantly changing. A simple click of a button on a mobile phone, and yet it carries all the meaning of the moment: togetherness, belonging, the need to preserve a piece of the present.
Next to it, in the sand, a can of lemonade - inconspicuous, yet a silent witness to this meeting. The Mekong continues to flow, as it has for thousands of years, but for the three girls, time stands still for a heartbeat. Their smiles, captured between the sky and the water, tell a little story of happiness on the banks of the Asian river.
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