Thailand's stealthy self-styled snake wrangler
In the dead of night, Thai firefighter Pinyo Pukpinyo stealthily approaches a python coiled around the rafters of a home in Bangkok, and quickly grabs its head with his bare hands.
"I need to remain steady and calm," says the 50-year-old, as he pulls the fat snake, almost five metres (16 ft) long, off the roof and wrestles it into a rice sack.
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In his free time at the fire station, Pukpinyo cares for the captured snakes, taking king cobras out of their cages to feed them. He also runs classes on how to handle snakes safely.
As a firefighter, Pukpinyo says he often grapples with loss, but his snake-catching talent gives him solace.
"This job makes me feel like I'm a superhero," he said. "I'm taking care of people who are in danger and in need of help, which makes me happy."
Pukpinyo drives his car to catch a snake.
A woman holds a cobra snake which she caught at her home as the rescue team arrives.
Pukpinyo catches a small python at a home.
Pukpinyo removes a plastic ring from a python he caught.
Pukpinyo applies iodine after catching a python wounded by a plastic ring.
White-lipped pit viper snake is seen on a wall of a house.
Pukpinyo ties a bag with a python inside after catching it.
Pukpinyo talks to a house owner as he washes his hands after catching a snake at her house.
Pukpinyo walks to his car after he caught a snake at a home.
Twin sisters react as Pukpinyo shows a small python which he caught at their home.
Pukpinyo sits inside a store as he waits for emergency calls from the fire station.
A snake lies in a cage at the fire station.
Pukpinyo washes snakes.
Pukpinyo shows a photograph of his thumb bitten by a king cobra.
Pukpinyo known as 'snake wrangler', shows a kukri snake which he caught.
Pukpinyo shows a cobra snake which he caught.
Pukpinyo shows a copperhead rat snake which he caught, at a fire station.
Pukpinyo shows an ornate gliding snake which he caught, at a fire station.
Pukpinyo shows a bungarus fasciatus snake which he caught.
