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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai Red Shirt carries the Thai flag through the crowd in front of the Red Shirts' main stage Wednesday. The Thai government said Wednesday that time has run out for "Red Shirt" protesters in Ratchaprasong and Sala Daeng intersections in Bangkok and that a crackdown could come at any time. As news of the anticipated crackdown spread, Red Shirt protesters continued with an almost festive mood at their main stage but many of the sleeping areas around the protest site appeared to be empty. No official estimates on crowd size are available.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through the crowd accepting donations of food during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through the crowd accepting donations of food during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through the crowd accepting donations of food during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through the crowd accepting donations of food during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through the crowd accepting donations of food during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The crowd in MRT Sukhmvit station during Friday evening rush hour. The MRT is Bangkok's subway system.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The crowd in MRT Sukhmvit station during Friday evening rush hour. The MRT is Bangkok's subway system.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman with up a picture of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, and his wife, Queen Sirikit, while she uses her smart phone to videotape the crowd in front of Siriraj Hospital, before the King left the hospital Thursday. The King, 85, was discharged from Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, where he has lived since September 2009. He traveled to his residence in the seaside town of Hua Hin, about two hours drive south of Bangkok, with his wife, 80-year-old Queen Sirikit, who has also been treated in the hospital for a year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The crowd in front of Siriraj Hospital, before Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, left the hospital Thursday. The King, 85, was discharged from Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, where he has lived since September 2009. He traveled to his residence in the seaside town of Hua Hin, about two hours drive south of Bangkok, with his wife, 80-year-old Queen Sirikit, who has also been treated in the hospital for a year.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Thai Prime Minister ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, left, walks through a crowd of photographers and riot police to reach the Thai Parliament building during anti-amnesty protests in Bangkok. Abhisit's party, the Democrats, organized the anti-amnesty protest. About 2,500 protestors opposed to an amnesty bill proposed by Thailand's ruling party marched towards the Thai parliament in the morning. The amnesty could allow exiled fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return to Thailand. Thaksin's supporters are in favor of the bill but Thai Yellow Shirts and government opponents are against the bill. Thai police deployed about more than 10,000 riot police and closed roads around the parliament. Although protest leaders called off the protest rather than confront police, a few people were arrested for assaulting police when they tried to break through police lines. Several police officers left the scene under medical care after they collapsed in the heat.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The Thai flag frames the the crowd of about 2,000 people, members of the  People's Army against Thaksin Regime, a new anti-government group, protested in Lumpini Park in central Bangkok. The protest was peaceful but more militant protests are expected later in the week when the Parliament is expected to debate an amnesty bill which could allow Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former Prime Minister, to return to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The Thai flag frames the the crowd of about 2,000 people, members of the  People's Army against Thaksin Regime, a new anti-government group, protested in Lumpini Park in central Bangkok. The protest was peaceful but more militant protests are expected later in the week when the Parliament is expected to debate an amnesty bill which could allow Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former Prime Minister, to return to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND:  A man and his daughter wait for the monks to walk through the crowd at the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through the crowd before climbing the stairway to the Mondop (chapel that houses the footprint) before the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: A monk receives flowers from the crowd during the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   Women pray among parked motorcycles in the street in front of the Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   Women pray among parked motorcycles in the street in front of the Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray on the public sidewalk in front of the Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women crowd around a radio to hear the King's address on the Royal Plaza Wednesday. Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, had a public audience and address at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman who fainted in the heat is helped by members of the crowd on the Royal Plaza Wednesday. She fainted while waiting to see Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, before his public audience at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman who fainted in the heat is helped by members of the crowd on the Royal Plaza Wednesday. She fainted while waiting to see Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, before his public audience at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A drink vendor works the crowd on the Royal Plaza Wednesday while people wait to see Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, before his public audience at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A crowd gathers around a Ruamkatanya Foundation emergency medical team trying to save the life of a boy hit by a vehicle. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Rep. DAVID SCHWEIKERT (R-AZ) works his way through the crowd to make his victory speech at his campaign office in Phoenix Tuesday night. Schweikert faced Congressman Ben Quayle in what was the hardest Republican primary election in Arizona in 2012. Both were incumbent Republican freshmen elected to Congress from neighboring districts in 2010. They ended up in the same district at the end of the redistricting process and faced off against each other in the primary to represent Arizona's 6th Congressional District, which is made up of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and parts of Phoenix. The district is solidly Republican and the winner of the primary is widely expected to win November's general election. Both are conservative Republicans with Tea Party backing.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  Republican Congressman JEFF FLAKE, a candidate for the US Senate, works the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Prescott is solidly Republican and the parade is popular with Republican political candidates. Flake is in a primary battle with businessman Wil Cardon, who did not attend the parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  JAN RITTMASTER, Ms. Senior Arizona from 1998, waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  JAN RITTMASTER, Ms. Senior Arizona from 1998, waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:   A woman on horseback waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  A clown waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 OCTOBER 2011 - PHOENIX, AZ:   A MoveOn.org organizer gets the crowd going at a rally sponsored by MoveOn.org and several labor unions to press for job creation in Phoenix, AZ, Saturday. About 100 people attended the rally.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2011 - ST. PAUL, MN: The crowd walks through the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday September 3. The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States. It's called "the Great Minnesota Get Together" and includes numerous agricultural exhibits, a vast midway with rides and games, horse shows and rodeos. Nearly two million people a year visit the fair, which is located in St. Paul.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The crowd at the Red Shirt stage stands out of respect for Seh Daeng when they learn he died Monday. The Thai government announced Monday that renegade army general and the Red Shirts unofficial military commander and staunch supporter, Thai Army Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL, died Monday from wounds he suffered when a sniper shot him in the head on May 12 while he was being interviewed by an American reporter. When the announcement was read to the Red Shirt protesters still camped out in Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok many started weeping.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais try to wipe tear gas from their eyes after Thai troops fired several gas grenades into a crowd of anti-government protesters on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon. Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and at protesters after protesters attacked the troops with rocket and small homemade explosives. Unlike similar confrontations in Bangkok, these protesters were not Red Shirts. Most of the protesters were residents of nearby Khlong Toei slum area, Bangkok's largest slum area. The running battle went on for at least two hours.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais try to wipe tear gas from their eyes after Thai troops fired several gas grenades into a crowd of anti-government protesters on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon. Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and at protesters after protesters attacked the troops with rocket and small homemade explosives. Unlike similar confrontations in Bangkok, these protesters were not Red Shirts. Most of the protesters were residents of nearby Khlong Toei slum area, Bangkok's largest slum area. The running battle went on for at least two hours.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai security personnel load and check their weapons before going on duty near the front line of the Red Shirt protesters and security forces in Sala Daeng intersection Wednesday. The Thai government said Wednesday that time has run out for "Red Shirt" protesters in Ratchaprasong and Sala Daeng intersections in Bangkok and that a crackdown could come at any time. As news of the anticipated crackdown spread, Red Shirt protesters continued with an almost festive mood at their main stage but many of the sleeping areas around the protest site appeared to be empty. No official estimates on crowd size are available.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai security personnel load and check their weapons before going on duty near the front line of the Red Shirt protesters and security forces in Sala Daeng intersection Wednesday. The Thai government said Wednesday that time has run out for "Red Shirt" protesters in Ratchaprasong and Sala Daeng intersections in Bangkok and that a crackdown could come at any time. As news of the anticipated crackdown spread, Red Shirt protesters continued with an almost festive mood at their main stage but many of the sleeping areas around the protest site appeared to be empty. No official estimates on crowd size are available.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pray in front of the Thai flag at the Red Shirts' main stage Wednesday afternoon. The Thai government said Wednesday that time has run out for "Red Shirt" protesters in Ratchaprasong and Sala Daeng intersections in Bangkok and that a crackdown could come at any time. As news of the anticipated crackdown spread, Red Shirt protesters continued with an almost festive mood at their main stage but many of the sleeping areas around the protest site appeared to be empty. No official estimates on crowd size are available.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt protester holds up a photo of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during the Red Shirt protest Wednesday. The Thai government said Wednesday that time has run out for "Red Shirt" protesters in Ratchaprasong and Sala Daeng intersections in Bangkok and that a crackdown could come at any time. As news of the anticipated crackdown spread, Red Shirt protesters continued with an almost festive mood at their main stage but many of the sleeping areas around the protest site appeared to be empty. No official estimates on crowd size are available.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The Red Shirts' main stage is reflected in a woman's sun glasses Wednesday afternoon. The Thai government said Wednesday that time has run out for "Red Shirt" protesters in Ratchaprasong and Sala Daeng intersections in Bangkok and that a crackdown could come at any time. As news of the anticipated crackdown spread, Red Shirt protesters continued with an almost festive mood at their main stage but many of the sleeping areas around the protest site appeared to be empty. No official estimates on crowd size are available.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 10 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai child with a Red Shirt head band in the crowd at a memorial service Monday. The Red Shirts held a special memorial service at their main protest site in Ratchaprasong Intersection Monday with Buddhist monks leading chants to mark the one month anniversary of the street violence on April 10 that left 25 dead and more than 800 injured. Thai media is reporting that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has given the Red Shirts has given the Red Shirts until the end of today to either accept his "Road Map for Reconciliation" and end the protest or face unspecified consequences widely thought to include a military crackdown.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman weeps after seeing Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade pass her and the crowd during Coronation Day, Wednesday, May 5. Wednesday was Coronation Day in Thailand, marking the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade, also known as Rama IX. He is the world's longest serving current head of state and the longest reigning monarch in Thai history. He has reigned since June 9, 1946 and his coronation was on May 5, 1950, after he finished his studies. The King is revered by the Thai people. Thousands lined the streets around the Grand Palace hoping to catch a glimpse of the King as his motorcade pulled into the palace. The King has been hospitalized since September 2009, making only infrequent trips out of the hospital for official functions, like today's ceremonies.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman weeps after seeing Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade pass her and the crowd during Coronation Day, Wednesday, May 5. Wednesday was Coronation Day in Thailand, marking the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade, also known as Rama IX. He is the world's longest serving current head of state and the longest reigning monarch in Thai history. He has reigned since June 9, 1946 and his coronation was on May 5, 1950, after he finished his studies. The King is revered by the Thai people. Thousands lined the streets around the Grand Palace hoping to catch a glimpse of the King as his motorcade pulled into the palace. The King has been hospitalized since September 2009, making only infrequent trips out of the hospital for official functions, like today's ceremonies.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 APRIL 2010 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt souvenir vendor pushes her cart through the crowd. The Red Shirts protest in the Ratchaprasong Shopping district, home to Bangkok's most upscale malls, is costing the Thai economy millions of Baht per day because the malls and most of the restaurants are closed and tourists are staying away from the area. But that hasn't stopped the Red Shirts who have brought their own economy with them. There are Red Shirt restaurants, food stands, souvenir vendors and more, creating a micro economy for Red Shirts in the area.  The Red Shirts continue to occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection an the high end shopping district of Bangkok. They are calling for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve the parliament. Most of the Red Shirts support ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 APRIL 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt mat vendor walks through the crowd. A whole economy has sprung up around the Red Shirt camp with vendors selling everything from snacks and meals to mats (that they sit on) to fans, hats and Red Shirt souvenirs. The Red Shirts continue to occupy Ratchaprasong Intersection an the high end shopping district of Bangkok. They are calling for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and dissolve the parliament. Most of the Red Shirts support ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 12, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt security guard talks to a protestor holding up a photo of a person killed in the protest Saturday while protects Thai police and tries to hold back the crowd in front of the Prime Minister's house on Soi 31 off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Monday. The funeral cortege for the Red Shirts killed in the violent crackdown Saturday wound through Bangkok and parts of the procession passed by the Prime Minister's home. Thousands of mourners came out to pay respects for dead Red Shirts. 21 people, including 16 Thai civilians were killed when soldiers tried to clear the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. Thousands more came out to call for the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down. Today Gen. Anupong Paojinda, the Chief of Staff of the Thai Army, reiterated that the Army would not use violence to break up the protests and joined the call for the Prime Minister to call new elections. This is the beginning of Songkran, Thai New Year's week, and the government has cancelled the official festivities fearing more violence. It was during last year's Songkan festivities that the Thai Army and police used force to break up the Red Shirt protests. That protest is now called the Songkran Riots.         Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 12, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt security guards protect Thai police and try to hold back the crowd in front of the Prime Minister's house on Soi 31 off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Monday. The funeral cortege for the Red Shirts killed in the violent crackdown Saturday wound through Bangkok and parts of the procession passed by the Prime Minister's home. Thousands of mourners came out to pay respects for dead Red Shirts. 21 people, including 16 Thai civilians were killed when soldiers tried to clear the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. Thousands more came out to call for the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down. Today Gen. Anupong Paojinda, the Chief of Staff of the Thai Army, reiterated that the Army would not use violence to break up the protests and joined the call for the Prime Minister to call new elections. This is the beginning of Songkran, Thai New Year's week, and the government has cancelled the official festivities fearing more violence. It was during last year's Songkan festivities that the Thai Army and police used force to break up the Red Shirt protests. That protest is now called the Songkran Riots.         Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 12, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt security guards protect Thai police and try to hold back the crowd in front of the Prime Minister's house on Soi 31 off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Monday. The funeral cortege for the Red Shirts killed in the violent crackdown Saturday wound through Bangkok and parts of the procession passed by the Prime Minister's home. Thousands of mourners came out to pay respects for dead Red Shirts. 21 people, including 16 Thai civilians were killed when soldiers tried to clear the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. Thousands more came out to call for the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down. Today Gen. Anupong Paojinda, the Chief of Staff of the Thai Army, reiterated that the Army would not use violence to break up the protests and joined the call for the Prime Minister to call new elections. This is the beginning of Songkran, Thai New Year's week, and the government has cancelled the official festivities fearing more violence. It was during last year's Songkan festivities that the Thai Army and police used force to break up the Red Shirt protests. That protest is now called the Songkran Riots.         Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 12, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Red Shirt security guard wipes his face while he protects Thai police and tries to hold back the crowd in front of the Prime Minister's house on Soi 31 off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Monday. The funeral cortege for the Red Shirts killed in the violent crackdown Saturday wound through Bangkok and parts of the procession passed by the Prime Minister's home. Thousands of mourners came out to pay respects for dead Red Shirts. 21 people, including 16 Thai civilians were killed when soldiers tried to clear the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. Thousands more came out to call for the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down. Today Gen. Anupong Paojinda, the Chief of Staff of the Thai Army, reiterated that the Army would not use violence to break up the protests and joined the call for the Prime Minister to call new elections. This is the beginning of Songkran, Thai New Year's week, and the government has cancelled the official festivities fearing more violence. It was during last year's Songkan festivities that the Thai Army and police used force to break up the Red Shirt protests. That protest is now called the Songkran Riots.         Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • 16 JANUARY 2010 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Some of the crowd of about 10,000 people marched the 2.5 miles from Falcon Park to the "Tent City" on Durango to protest against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his immigration enforcement tactics. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JANUARY 2010 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Dolores Huerta (CQ) speaks to the crowd during the rally against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  About 10,000 people marched the 2.5 miles from Falcon Park to the "Tent City" on Durango to protest against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his immigration enforcement tactics.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai school children pray during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand, Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhists pray during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand, Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhists pray during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand, Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhists pray during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand, Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist women in Pattani, Thailand, pray during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 17 AUGUST 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: People who support health care reform walk through a crowd of health care reform opponents at the convention center. About 5,000 people were expected to demonstrate in favor of President Obama's health care proposals. Nearly 1,500 showed up to demonstrate against the President.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 AUGUST 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A crowd marching in favor of health care reform cross 3rd Street at Washington downtown. About 5,000 people were expected to demonstrate in favor of President Obama's health care proposals. Nearly 1,500 showed up to demonstrate against the President.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 AUGUST 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A crowd marching in favor of health care reform cross 3rd Street at Washington downtown. About 5,000 people were expected to demonstrate in favor of President Obama's health care proposals. Nearly 1,500 showed up to demonstrate against the President.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 AUGUST 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A crowd marching in favor of health care reform cross 3rd Street at Washington downtown. About 5,000 people were expected to demonstrate in favor of President Obama's health care proposals. Nearly 1,500 showed up to demonstrate against the President.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: RON MAHONEY from Sun City, AZ, holds a copy of the health care bill while SEN JOHN MCCAIN helps him flip through it during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: RON MAHONEY from Sun City, AZ, holds up a copy of the health care bill while SEN JOHN MCCAIN talks about it during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN holds a copy of the health care reform bill during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN reads a statement during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: RITA ANDERSON, an emergency room nurse, questions Sen John McCain during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: LIL SCHARENBRACH sits next to her husband ROGER SCHARENBRACH, who tried to ask a question of Sen. John McCain during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN talks to a constituent during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen John McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: CHARLES CREST, from Sun City, AZ, praises Sen John McCain during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: RIVKO KNOX, from Phoenix, questions Sen John McCain about previous Republican efforts to reform health care during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts. Knox was one of only a handful of people at the meeting who support the president's health care reform efforts.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: RIVKO KNOX, from Phoenix, questions Sen John McCain about previous Republican efforts to reform health care during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts. Knox was one of only a handful of people at the meeting who support the president's health care reform efforts.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: RIVKO KNOX, from Phoenix, questions Sen John McCain about previous Republican efforts to reform health care during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts. Knox was one of only a handful of people at the meeting who support the president's health care reform efforts.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: SEN JOHN MCCAIN during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Aug, 25, 2009 -- SUN CITY, AZ: GRACE WAUGH and others applaud Sen John McCain during the Town Hall meeting on health care sponsored by Sen McCain at Grace Bible Church in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday. More than 1,000 people attended the meeting in the church, which seats 700. Sun City is a staunchly Republican suburb of Phoenix and most of the crowd was opposed to President Obama health care reform efforts. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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Jack Kurtz, Photojournalist & Travel Photographer

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