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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  Thai farmers relax to Thai country music at a roadblock they set up on Highway 32. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  Thai farmers on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Thai farmers on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  Women clean the highway after a protest by farmers. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  A farmer relaxes in a hammock strung between his tractor and a wagon he was pulling. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  A farmer relaxes in a hammock strung between his tractor and a wagon he was pulling. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Farmers' tractors block Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles closed the road. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Farmers' tractors block Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles closed the road. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Thai Prime Minister ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA speaks at a Thai Democrats' event in Bangkok Monday. Abhisit spoke at a gathering of Thai Democrats in a working class neighbohood of Bangkok off of Rama VI Road. He spoke out against the Pheu Thai's amnesty efforts, which could lead to Thaksin Shinawatra returning to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Supporters of former Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of Thailand, applaud during while Abhisit speaks in Bangkok Monday. Abhisit spoke at a gathering of Thai Democrats in a working class neighbohood of Bangkok off of Rama VI Road. He spoke out against the Pheu Thai's amnesty efforts, which could lead to Thaksin Shinawatra returning to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Thai Prime Minister ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA greets his supporters at a Thai Democrats' event in Bangkok Monday. Abhisit spoke at a gathering of Thai Democrats in a working class neighbohood of Bangkok off of Rama VI Road. He spoke out against the Pheu Thai's amnesty efforts, which could lead to Thaksin Shinawatra returning to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  A Thai farmer sleeps in his tractor at a roadblock set up by Thai farmers on Highway 32. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Women sleep on the pavement at a roadblock set up by Thai farmers on Highway 32. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer smokes a cigarette on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer smokes a cigarette on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Farmers' tractors block Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles closed the road. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Farmers' tractors block Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles closed the road. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer's wife on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer in front of a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Farmers' tractors parked on the side of Highway 32 during a motorcade headed to Bangkok. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  A farmer relaxes in a hammock strung in a wagon. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: A Thai farmer on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  Thai farmers on the highway south of Ayutthaya. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2014 - KHLONG CHIK, PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND:  A farmer relaxes in a hammock strung between his tractor and a wagon he was pulling. About 10,000 Thai rice farmers, traveling in nearly 1,000 tractors and farm vehicles, blocked Highway 32 near Bang Pa In in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The farmers were traveling to the airport in Bangkok to protest against the government because they haven't been paid for rice the government bought from them last year. The farmers turned around and went home after they met with government officials who promised to pay the farmers next week. This is the latest blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra which is confronting protests led by anti-government groups, legal challenges from the anti-corruption commission and expanding protests from farmers who haven't been paid for rice the government bought.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Supporters of former Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of Thailand, applaud during while Abhisit speaks in Bangkok Monday. Abhisit spoke at a gathering of Thai Democrats in a working class neighbohood of Bangkok off of Rama VI Road. He spoke out against the Pheu Thai's amnesty efforts, which could lead to Thaksin Shinawatra returning to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RANDY KONG, a Des Moines busker, performs in an empty skywalk in downtown. Kong said the pandemic has devastated his income. There are much fewer people working downtown and the ones that are don't stop to listen to him or drop money into his guitar case. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RANDY KONG, a Des Moines busker, performs in an empty skywalk in downtown. Kong said the pandemic has devastated his income. There are much fewer people working downtown and the ones that are don't stop to listen to him or drop money into his guitar case. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  The Panera Bakery and Restaurant in Des Moines closed on September 30. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  Construction work on a mixed use building in downtown Des Moines. The project is supposed to include residential units, offices, a hotel, restaurants and bars, and a movie theater. The city of Des Moines filed a notice of default in June and the bank foreclosed on the property on September 14. The developer said the "pandemic has created an environment where few are thinking about high-rises and bold projects like this one." The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 MAY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Protesters at a vigil for George Floyd in front of the Des Moines police station Friday evening. Floyd, a 46 year old unarmed African-American man, was killed by four Minneapolis police officers Monday evening May 25. The four police officers were fired from the Minneapolis Police Department. Officer Derek Chauvin, seen in videos with his knee on Floyd's neck, was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on Friday in Floyd's death. The death of George Floyd, while he was restrained and in police custody, has set off protests and vigils across the US.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A woman sits by herself during Sunday services in St. John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines. Attendance at St. John's was about â…” below normal for a Lenten Sunday. Most churches in the Des Moines area canceled their Sunday services or switched to an online service this week. Those churches that conducted Sunday services imposed "social distancing" guidelines, including no physical contact, and had significantly lower attendance. The Governor of Iowa announced Saturday night that the Coronavirus in Iowa had entered the "community spread" phase when a person in Dallas County, in the Des Moines metropolitan area, tested positive for Coronavirus. This is the first reported case in the Des Moines area. As of Sunday morning, Iowa was reporting 18 people tested positive for Coronavirus.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JANUARY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Downtown Des Moines is preparing the caucuses, which are Monday, February 3. The city has hung banners throughout the city center and put signs in the skywalk. Some candidates are also buying advertising in the skywalk.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 JANUARY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People rally in the Iowa State Capitol against factory farming. About 75 people, including farmers, environmental activists, and supporters of family farms, came to a protest in the rotunda of the state capitol in Des Moines. They are trying to pressure Iowa lawmakers to pass a moratorium against new factory farm construction in Iowa.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 JANUARY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Iowa State Senator CLAIRE CELSI (D) speaks during a rally in the Iowa State Capitol against factory farming. About 75 people, including farmers, environmental activists, and supporters of family farms, came to a protest in the rotunda of the state capitol in Des Moines. They are trying to pressure Iowa lawmakers to pass a moratorium against new factory farm construction in Iowa.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Volunteers during the Pledge of Allegiance before they went out to lay Christmas wreaths on the veterans' graves in Woodland Cemetery. Volunteers working with Wreaths Across America placed Christmas wreaths on the headstones of more than 600 US military veterans in Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines. The cemetery, one of the first in Des Moines, has the graves of veterans going back to the War of 1812.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2019 - NEWTON, IOWA:  Governor STEVE BULLOCK (D-MT) talks to Iowa voters during a campaign event in Newton. Gov. Bullock joined a crowded field of Democrats vying to be the party's Presidential nominee in 2020. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first election event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.                       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2019 - NEWTON, IOWA:  Governor STEVE BULLOCK (D-MT) talks to Iowa voters during a campaign event in Newton. Gov. Bullock joined a crowded field of Democrats vying to be the party's Presidential nominee in 2020. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first election event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.                       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2019 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: BETO O'ROURKE, a Texas Democrat, talks to students at Simpson College and people who from Indianola, IA, Monday. O'Rouke is campaigning in Iowa to support his candidacy to be the Democratic nominee for the US Presidency in 2020.  Iowa traditionally hosts the the first election event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MAY 2019 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: BETO O'ROURKE, a Texas Democrat, talks to students at Simpson College and people who from Indianola, IA, Monday. O'Rouke is campaigning in Iowa to support his candidacy to be the Democratic nominee for the US Presidency in 2020.  Iowa traditionally hosts the the first election event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 APRIL 2019 - NEVADA, IOWA:   Sen. Klobuchar is touring Iowa this weekend to support her bid for the Democratic nomination of for the US Presidency. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first election event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 APRIL 2019 - NEVADA, IOWA:   Sen. Klobuchar is touring Iowa this weekend to support her bid for the Democratic nomination of for the US Presidency. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first election event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA: A Chinese construction worker jumps out of a tuk-tuk that shuttles workers from their housing to the job site. There are about 80 Chinese casinos and resort hotels open in Sihanoukville and dozens more under construction. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA:  A Cambodian construction worker bathes at a public water spigot outside the the Blue Bay casino and resort development under construction in Sihanoukville. There are about 50 Chinese casinos and resort hotels either open or under construction in Sihanoukville. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA: The Blue Bay beach. Blue Bay is a Chinese casino and resort being built in Sihanoukville. There are about 50 Chinese casinos and resort hotels either open or under construction in Sihanoukville. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman makes longevity noodles in her family shophouse. The family has been making traditional "mee sua" noodles, also called "longevity noodles" for three generations in their home in central Bangkok. They use a recipe brought to Thailand from China. Longevity noodles are thought to contribute to a long and healthy life and  are served on special occasions, especially Chinese New Year, which is February 4, 2019. These noodles were being made for Chinese New Year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 DECEMBER 2018 - CHANTABURI, THAILAND: A Chinese gem buyer talks to a man selling gems in the gem market in Chantaburi. The gem market in Chantaburi, a provincial town in eastern Thailand, is open on weekends. Chantaburi used to be an active gem mining area in Thailand, but the mines are played out now. Now buyers and sellers come from around the world to Chantaburi for the weekend market. Many of the stones come from Myanmar, others come from mines in Afghanistan and Africa.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 DECEMBER 2018 - CHANTABURI, THAILAND: Merchants in the gem market eat lunch from a street food cart in front of a gem cutting shop in Chantaburi. The gem market in Chantaburi, a provincial town in eastern Thailand, is open on weekends. Chantaburi used to be an active gem mining area in Thailand, but the mines are played out now. Now buyers and sellers come from around the world to Chantaburi for the weekend market. Many of the stones come from Myanmar, others come from mines in Afghanistan and Africa.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 DECEMBER 2018 - CHANTABURI, THAILAND: Merchants in the gem market eat lunch from a street food cart in front of a gem cutting shop in Chantaburi. The gem market in Chantaburi, a provincial town in eastern Thailand, is open on weekends. Chantaburi used to be an active gem mining area in Thailand, but the mines are played out now. Now buyers and sellers come from around the world to Chantaburi for the weekend market. Many of the stones come from Myanmar, others come from mines in Afghanistan and Africa.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 DECEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Men cut up durian to sell in the morning market in a working class neighborhood about one kilometer from Siam Paragon, an exclusive mall in central Bangkok. According to Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook 2018, which surveyed 40 countries, Thailand has the highest rate of income inequality in the world. In 2016, Thailand was third, behind Russia and India. In 2016, the 1% richest Thais (about 500,000 people) owned 58.0% of the Thailand's wealth. In 2018, they controlled 66.9%. In Russia, those numbers went from 78% in 2016, down to 57.1% in 2018. The Thai government disagreed with the report and said the report didn't take government anti-poverty programs into account and that Thailand was held to an unfair standard because most of the other countries in the report are developed countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 DECEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Shoppers use an airconditioned walkway to go from Siam Discovery Mall to Siam Center Mall, both upscale malls in central Bangkok. According to Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook 2018, which surveyed 40 countries, Thailand has the highest rate of income inequality in the world. In 2016, Thailand was third, behind Russia and India. In 2016, the 1% richest Thais (about 500,000 people) owned 58.0% of the Thailand's wealth. In 2018, they controlled 66.9%. In Russia, those numbers went from 78% in 2016, down to 57.1% in 2018. The Thai government disagreed with the report and said the report didn't take government anti-poverty programs into account and that Thailand was held to an unfair standard because most of the other countries in the report are developed countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 OCTOBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Commuters wait to board subway trains (called the MRT in Bangkok) in the Sukhumvit MRT station.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Travelers get free haircuts at Hua Lamphong train station in Bangkok. Barber schools set up in the station and offer free haircuts to travelers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Travelers get free haircuts at Hua Lamphong train station in Bangkok. Barber schools set up in the station and offer free haircuts to travelers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A man prays in Seoul Central Mosque on Eid al Fitr, the Muslim Holy Day that marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. There are fewer than 100,000 Korean Muslims, but there is a large community of Muslim immigrants in South Korea, most in Seoul. Thousands of people attend Eid services at Seoul Central Mosque, the largest mosque in South Korea.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Men pray at Seoul Central Mosque on Eid al Fitr, the Muslim Holy Day that marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. There are fewer than 100,000 Korean Muslims, but there is a large community of Muslim immigrants in South Korea, most in Seoul. Thousands of people attend Eid services at Seoul Central Mosque, the largest mosque in South Korea.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2018 - SANTO DOMINGO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A woman walks between thatched huts and tents for evacuees from the Mayon Volcano at Barangay Lidong shelter. The shelter is in school and all of the classrooms are already being used to house evacuees. Recent arrivals are living in tents and huts on the school grounds. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. Many people in Santo Domingo, on the north side of the volcano, are sleeping in huts made from bamboo and plastic sheeting. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A man walks past a banner welcoming Pope Francis to Myanmar. Pope Francis is visiting Myanmar for three days in late November, 2017. He is participating in two Catholic masses and expected to address the Rohingya issue.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2017 - SAPHAN THAI, NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND: Many communities north of Bangkok are flooded because dams have been opened to reliever pressure on reservoirs.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2017 - BANG TOEI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: The community of Bang Toei, Sam Khok district, Pathum Thani province, flooded from the Chao Phraya River. Many communities north of Bangkok are flooded because dams have been opened to reliever pressure on reservoirs.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2017 - BANG TOEI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: The community of Bang Toei, Sam Khok district, Pathum Thani province, flooded from the Chao Phraya River. Many communities north of Bangkok are flooded because dams have been opened to reliever pressure on reservoirs.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 OCTOBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women hold sandalwood flowers for people to leave as offerings during the funeral ceremony for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. The king died on 13 October 2016 and was cremated 26 October 2017, after a mourning period of just over one year. The revered monarch was the longest reigning king in Thai history and is credited with guiding Thailand through the turbulent latter half of the 20th century.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 OCTOBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The main waiting area at Hua Lamphong train station has been turned into a shrine to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand, during his funeral ceremony. The king died on 13 October 2016 and was cremated 26 October 2017, after a mourning period of just over one year. The revered monarch was the longest reigning king in Thai history and is credited with guiding Thailand through the turbulent latter half of the 20th century.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Passengers get off and Khlong Saen Saeb passenger boats at the Asok Pier, on Sukhumvit Soi 21. Tens of thousands of passengers ride the boat every day, commuting into Bangkok from the eastern suburbs.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Passengers get off and on Khlong Saen Saeb passenger boats at the Asok Pier, on Sukhumvit Soi 21. Tens of thousands of passengers ride the boat every day, commuting into Bangkok from the eastern suburbs.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2017 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Kite flyers prepare to fly their bebean (fish shaped) kite on the public school soccer field in Ubud. Kite flying is a popular past time on Bali. It originally had religious connotations, it was used to ask the gods for bountiful rains and harvests. The kites are large. Small ones, flown by individuals are about two meters long, larger ones flown by teams of up to 80 people are ten meters long. There are three shapes of traditional kites, bebean (fish-shaped), janggan (bird-shaped) and pecukan (leaf-shaped). The pecukan is the most unstable and difficult to fly.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 JULY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man who has lived in Pom Mahakan his entire life in front of his new home. His family was able to prove their familial roots in the community and the city allowed them to remain. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. An ad hoc group of housing advocates, historic preservationists and academics have asked the city to allow the remaining residents to stay and city officials have said they might allow people who can prove that their families have lived in the fort since before the 1950s, when the city got title to the land from the Thai military, will be able to stay.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MAY 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: A Protestant minister prays during a rally supporting workers and women's rights in front of the Minnesota State Senate. About 200 people participated in a "ISAIAH’s 100 Days of Prophetic Resistance" rally at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. They represented churches from across the Twin Cities and were demonstrating in favor of paid sick leave, child care, and a higher minimum wage. The Twin Cities are more liberal than rural Minnesota and many Twin Cities municipalities have passed ordinances with paid sick leave, child care and higher minimum wages. Republican legislators from rural Minnesota have tried to pass laws in the legislature rolling back those ordinances.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:  Nepali and Tibetan Buddhists walk around Boudhanath Stupa before sunrise during morning prayers. Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu is the holiest site in Nepali Buddhism. It is also the center of the Tibetan exile community in Kathmandu. The Stupa was badly damaged in the 2015 earthquake but was one of the first buildings renovated.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 FEBRUARY 2017 - THEPHARAK, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A boatman takes a passenger and his cargo across Khlong Samrong in his small boat, which he uses as a ferry, in the Bangkok suburbs. The boatman pulls it across using a system of ropes and pulleys. He's been working on the boat since he was a child. Small ferries like this used to be common in Bangkok but many of the khlongs (the canals that used to crisscross Bangkok) have been filled in and bridges have been across the remaining khlongs. Now there are only a handful of the ferries left. This ferry charges 2 Baht (the equivalent of about .06¢ US) per person to take a person across the khlong.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 MARCH 2015 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: Volunteers bring a man out of a trance after he charged the stage at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 MARCH 2015 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A man gets a spiritual tattoo at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 MARCH 2015 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk gets a Sak Yant tattoo during the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 MARCH 2015 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A man who got a spiritual Sak Yant tattoo (left) prays with the tattoo master at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 MARCH 2015 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A man gets a spiritual tattoo at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2014 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A man covered in tattoos prays at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2014 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A man relaxes between sessions to refresh his sak yant tattoo at Wat Bang Phra. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2014 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk gives a man a sak tant tattoo at Wat Bang Phra. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Attorney General TOM HORNE at a meeting with DREAM Act protesters. The DREAMers are protesting the decision by Attorney General Horne to sue the Maricopa County Community College District to force the district to charge in-state tuition to the young people who qualify for the federal government deferred-action program.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ:  CAROLYN COOPER, 67, from Tempe, AZ, is arrested by Arizona State Police after she staged a sit-in in the office of the Attorney General. She and other DREAM Act supporters are protesting the decision by Attorney General Horne to sue the Maricopa County Community College District to force the district to charge in-state tuition to the young people who qualify for the federal government deferred-action program.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Attorney General TOM HORNE at a meeting with DREAM Act protesters. The DREAMers are protesting the decision by Attorney General Horne to sue the Maricopa County Community College District to force the district to charge in-state tuition to the young people who qualify for the federal government deferred-action program.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: RANDY PARRAZ, a civil rights activist in Arizona, speaks out against Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne in front of the offices of the Arizona Attorney General Thursday. About 100 people came to the office of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to protest the decision by Horne to sue community colleges in Maricopa County that charge DREAM Act students who are residents of Arizona out of state tuition rather than in state resident tuition. Nearly 10 people were arrested in a planned civil disobedience during the protest.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ:     LESLIE MERAZ is arrested by Arizona Capitol Police in the office of the Attorney General. About 100 people came to the office of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to protest the decision by Horne to sue community colleges in Maricopa County that charge DREAM Act students who are residents of Arizona out of state tuition rather than in state resident tuition. Nearly 10 people were arrested in a planned civil disobedience during the protest.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ:     CAROLYN O'CONNOR, formerly the Vice President of Student Affairs at Gateway Community College, is arrested by Arizona Capitol Police in the office of the Attorney General. About 100 people came to the office of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to protest the decision by Horne to sue community colleges in Maricopa County that charge DREAM Act students who are residents of Arizona out of state tuition rather than in state resident tuition. Nearly 10 people were arrested in a planned civil disobedience during the protest.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ:  CHARLES LOFTUS, left, from the office of the Arizona Attorney General, tries to talk to JOSE BETO SOTO, field director of Citizens for a Better Arizona shortly before having Soto arrested during a protest in the offices of Arizona Attorney General. About 100 people came to the office of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to protest the decision by Horne to sue community colleges in Maricopa County that charge DREAM Act students who are residents of Arizona out of state tuition rather than in state resident tuition. Nearly 10 people were arrested in a planned civil disobedience during the protest.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A customer waits for his lunch in a restaurant in downtown Des Moines. Business in the restaurant, has dropped by more than 50 percent because of the Corornavirus pandemic. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  Construction work on a mixed use building in downtown Des Moines. The project is supposed to include residential units, offices, a hotel, restaurants and bars, and a movie theater. The city of Des Moines filed a notice of default in June and the bank foreclosed on the property on September 14. The developer said the "pandemic has created an environment where few are thinking about high-rises and bold projects like this one." The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RANDY KONG, a Des Moines busker, performs in an empty skywalk in downtown. Kong said the pandemic has devastated his income. There are much fewer people working downtown and the ones that are don't stop to listen to him or drop money into his guitar case. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RANDY KONG, a Des Moines busker, performs in an empty skywalk in downtown. Kong said the pandemic has devastated his income. There are much fewer people working downtown and the ones that are don't stop to listen to him or drop money into his guitar case. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RANDY KONG, a Des Moines busker, performs in an empty skywalk in downtown. Kong said the pandemic has devastated his income. There are much fewer people working downtown and the ones that are don't stop to listen to him or drop money into his guitar case. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RANDY KONG, a Des Moines busker, performs in an empty skywalk in downtown. Kong said the pandemic has devastated his income. There are much fewer people working downtown and the ones that are don't stop to listen to him or drop money into his guitar case. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  An empty street in downtown economy. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  The Panera Bakery and Restaurant in Des Moines closed on September 30. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  The Panera Bakery and Restaurant in Des Moines closed on September 30. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  The Panera Bakery and Restaurant in Des Moines closed on September 30. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  The empty dining and break room at the Wells Fargo Bank, one of the largest employers in downtown Des Moines. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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