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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: 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 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: 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:  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:  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:  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: 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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  • 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:  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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  • 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:  A homeless person sleeps in an alley in downtown. Des Moines. Capacity at the homeless shelter in Des Moines was reduced to accommodate CDC guidelines for COVID-19. 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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  • 31 AUGUST 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: in downtown Des Moines. Des Moines, like many US cities, is suffering through an extended business slump. Des Moines is home to many insurance and financial services, and those businesses have moved to a work from home model. Downtown businesses, like cafes and convenience stores and dealing with an unprecedented loss of business.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 AUGUST 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: in downtown Des Moines. Des Moines, like many US cities, is suffering through an extended business slump. Des Moines is home to many insurance and financial services, and those businesses have moved to a work from home model. Downtown businesses, like cafes and convenience stores and dealing with an unprecedented loss of business.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 AUGUST 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: in downtown Des Moines. Des Moines, like many US cities, is suffering through an extended business slump. Des Moines is home to many insurance and financial services, and those businesses have moved to a work from home model. Downtown businesses, like cafes and convenience stores and dealing with an unprecedented loss of business.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 AUGUST 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: in downtown Des Moines. Des Moines, like many US cities, is suffering through an extended business slump. Des Moines is home to many insurance and financial services, and those businesses have moved to a work from home model. Downtown businesses, like cafes and convenience stores and dealing with an unprecedented loss of business.      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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 18 MAY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People in a prayer circle during an anti-vaccine prayer vigil. About eight adults, and their children, gathered in the front of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines Monday for a prayer vigil against mandatory vaccines. Iowa state law allows the governor to mandate vaccines for communicable diseases during a public health emergency and the "anti-vaxxers" are afraid the government will mandate a vaccine for Coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) if one is developed. As of May 18, 355 people in Iowa have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), and 14,955 have tested positive for the Coronavirus.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A man wearing a surgical mask prays by himself in the vestibule of a Catholic church in Des Moines. The Des Moines diocese announced that Catholics in Des Moines were "relieved of the Sunday Mass obligation" because of fears over the Coronavirus. 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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  • 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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  • 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: SHARON DONOVAN, from Clive, a suburb of Des Moines, at  a rally in the Iowa State Capitol against factory farms. 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: 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: 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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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 04 APRIL 2019 - CARROLL, IOWA:  BETO O'ROURKE talks to reporters after a meet and greet campaign event in Carroll, IA. Beto O'Rourke stopped at Kerps Tavern in Carroll to campaign for president Thursday. He is crisscrossing Iowa through the weekend with stops throughout the state. Iowa holds its caucuses, considered the kickoff of the US Presidential campaign, on Feb. 3, 2020.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2019 - CARROLL, IOWA:  BETO O'ROURKE talks to supporters one to one during a meet and greet campaign event in Carroll, IA. Beto O'Rourke stopped at Kerps Tavern in Carroll to campaign for president Thursday. He is crisscrossing Iowa through the weekend with stops throughout the state. Iowa holds its caucuses, considered the kickoff of the US Presidential campaign, on Feb. 3, 2020.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2019 - CARROLL, IOWA:  BETO O'ROURKE talks to supporters one to one during a meet and greet campaign event in Carroll, IA. Beto O'Rourke stopped at Kerps Tavern in Carroll to campaign for president Thursday. He is crisscrossing Iowa through the weekend with stops throughout the state. Iowa holds its caucuses, considered the kickoff of the US Presidential campaign, on Feb. 3, 2020.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2019 - CARROLL, IOWA:  A table on the sidewalk in Carroll, IA. Beto O'Rourke stopped at Kerps Tavern in Carroll, IA, to campaign for president Thursday. He is crisscrossing Iowa through the weekend with stops throughout the state. Iowa holds its caucuses, considered the kickoff of the US Presidential campaign, on Feb. 3, 2020.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2019 - CARROLL, IOWA:  CHRIS KUEHNHOLD, from Lawrenceburg, TN, waits for Beto O'Rourke to arrive at a meet and greet campaign event. Kuehnhold, originally from Iowa, said he was looking at what all of the Democratic candidates had to offer but that he was still undecided. Beto O'Rourke stopped at Kerps Tavern in Carroll, IA, to campaign for president Thursday. He is crisscrossing Iowa through the weekend with stops throughout the state. Iowa holds its caucuses, considered the kickoff of the US Presidential campaign, on Feb. 3, 2020.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2019 - CARROLL, IOWA:  People sign in at a Beto O'Rourke meet and greet. Beto O'Rourke stopped at Kerps Tavern in Carroll, IA, to campaign for president Thursday. He is crisscrossing Iowa through the weekend with stops throughout the state. Iowa holds its caucuses, considered the kickoff of the US Presidential campaign, on Feb. 3, 2020.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA:  Chinese construction workers in Sihanoukville walk through their housing area on the way to lunch. The workers live in prefabbed units made in China and stacked atop each other like shipping containers. 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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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA: A Chinese construction boss (background, striped shirt) talks to Chinese workers eating their lunch about the afternoon's work. 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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  • 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: Chinese construction workers walk back to a labor camp near the Blue Bay, a Chinese financed resort and casino development, 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:  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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  • 14 JANUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       Women wearing dust filters wait for a bus in Bangkok. Bangkok has been blanketed by heavily polluted air for almost a week. Monday morning, the AQI (Air Quality Index) for Bangkok  was 182, worse than New Delhi, Jakarta, or Beijing. The Saphan Kwai neighborhood of Bangkok recorded an AQI of 370 and the Lat Yao neighborhood recorded an AQI of 403. An AQI above 50 is considered unsafe. Public health officials have warned people to avoid “unnecessary” outdoor activities and wear breathing masks to filter out the dust.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       Air pollution obscures the Bangkok skyline looking down Phaya Thai Road. Bangkok has been blanketed by heavily polluted air for almost a week. Monday morning, the AQI (Air Quality Index) for Bangkok  was 182, worse than New Delhi, Jakarta, or Beijing. The Saphan Kwai neighborhood of Bangkok recorded an AQI of 370 and the Lat Yao neighborhood recorded an AQI of 403. An AQI above 50 is considered unsafe. Public health officials have warned people to avoid “unnecessary” outdoor activities and wear breathing masks to filter out the dust.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man hangs longevity noodles out to dry in front of his 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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  • 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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  • 21 DECEMBER 2018 - CHANTABURI, THAILAND: A Chinese gem merchant talks to a customer in the Chantaburi gem market. 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: A mall employee cleans the floor in front of the McClaren showroom in 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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  • 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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  • 09 OCTOBER 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:  Hundreds of Samsung workers marched through central Seoul Tuesday to draw attention to the company's labor issues, which includes punishing workers for joinging unions, retaliating against labor organizers and profiling potential "troublemakers" who are thought likely to organize. Samsung has also started layoffing workers, especially younger ones, as company profits have decreased. Layoffs in South Korea have been relatively rare, many workers thought a job with Samsung and other South Korean industrial giants was a job for life.    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 greet each other after Eid al Fitr services 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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  • 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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  • 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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