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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A medic pulls a patient's tooth in the dental clinic at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A technician works on a prosthetic leg at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. Although the wars in Burma are winding down, the clinic still sees a number of traumatic amputations caused by landmines and unexploded bombs. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: The surgical recovery ward at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boy waits for his family to join him at his bed side in the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A man holds his son at a noodle stall in front of the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: The status board in the prosthetics workshop at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. Although the wars in Burma are winding down, the clinic still sees a number of traumatic amputations caused by landmines and unexploded bombs. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A technician works on a prosthetic leg at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. Although the wars in Burma are winding down, the clinic still sees a number of traumatic amputations caused by landmines and unexploded bombs. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman and her baby in the woman's bed in the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A medic pulls a patient's tooth in the dental clinic at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Family members in the back of pickup truck take they deceased patriarch home for the funeral after he died at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A noodle vendor at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A medic pulls a patient's tooth in the dental clinic at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: The prosthetics workshop at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. Although the wars in Burma are winding down, the clinic still sees a number of traumatic amputations caused by landmines and unexploded bombs. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A medic pulls a patient's tooth in the dental clinic at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A patient describes his headaches to a medic at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman massages her husband's leg in the general ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The man came to the clinic with leg pain. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese passengers on a Thai "songthaew" leave the Mae Tao Clinic. Sonthaews are pickup trucks converted to buses. Songthaew is Thai for "two benches (or seats). The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman comforts her child while medics examine him after his surgery for an abscessed sore at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman comforts her child while medics examine him after his surgery for an abscessed sore at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman comforts her child while medics examine him after his surgery for an abscessed sore at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman sits next to her husband's coffin in the hearse taking them home after he died at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A medic examines a patient at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman who lives just across the Thai-Burma border waits to see a medic in a ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. She came to the clinic complaining of stomach pains. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A health worker, right, helps a new mother swaddle her baby in the OB/Gyn ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A medic gives a baby a polio vaccination at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A medic gives a baby a polio vaccination at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Workers load the coffin of a deceased patient into a hearse at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boy waits for a medic in the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boy waits for a medic in the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: The entrance to the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A man sits with his wife in the OB/Gyn ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman comforts her child while medics examine him after his surgery for an abscessed sore at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman who lives just across the Thai-Burma border waits to see a medic in a ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. She came to the clinic complaining of stomach pains. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman feeds her baby in the pediatrics ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The child came to the clinic with a skin infection. The Mae Tao Clinic provides healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A man sits with his wife and their newborn baby in the OB/Gyn ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A health worker, right, helps a new mother swaddle her baby in the OB/Gyn ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman comforts her child while medics examine him after his surgery for an abscessed sore at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman who lives just across the Thai-Burma border waits to see a medic in a ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. She came to the clinic complaining of stomach pains. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese passengers on a Thai "songthaew" leave the Mae Tao Clinic. Sonthaews are pickup trucks converted to buses. Songthaew is Thai for "two benches (or seats). The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, walk barefoot in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Burmese women collect donations for their temple during a procession for Visakha Puja Day in Mae Sot, Thailand. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Burmese women collect donations for their temple during a procession for Visakha Puja Day in Mae Sot, Thailand. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Burmese men carry a prayer gong and lead a procession of Burmese Buddhist through Mae Sot, Thailand. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:    A Burmese man is reflected in a mirror praying in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Burmese women collect donations for their temple during a procession for Visakha Puja Day in Mae Sot, Thailand. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Burmese emigres in Mae Sot, Thailand, carry a statue of the Buddha through the city during a procession on Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Burmese men carry a prayer gong and lead a procession of Burmese Buddhist through Mae Sot, Thailand. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  A Thai woman donates money to the local Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot, Thailand, during a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:       A Burmese woman carries water from the Moei River up to her village, an unofficial community of Burmese refugees north of Mae Sot, Thailand, on a narrow strip of land about 200 meters deep and 400 meters long that juts into Thailand. The land is technically Burma but it is on the Thai side of the Moei River, which marks most of the border in this part of Thailand. The refugees, a mix of Buddhists and Christians, settled on the land years ago to avoid strife in Myanmar (Burma). For all practical purposes they live in Thailand. They shop in Thai markets and see their produce to Thai buyers. About 200 people live in thatched huts spread throughout the community. They're close enough to Mae Sot that some can work in town and Burmese merchants from Mae Sot come out to their village to do business with them. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moie (Moie River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Chinese gemstone buyer checks the quality of a stone being sold by a Burmese man in the Burmese gem market in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Burmese Muslim woman and other Burmese women in a shop that rents floor space to gem dealers in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Burmese Muslim woman and other Burmese women in a shop that rents floor space to gem dealers in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Burmese Muslim woman and other Burmese women in a shop that rents floor space to gem dealers in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boat full of Burmese come down the Moei River to an unofficial border crossing point in Mae Sot, Thailand. Most are people coming to Mae Sot for shopping or health care. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boat full of Burmese come down the Moei River to an unofficial border crossing point in Mae Sot, Thailand. Most are people coming to Mae Sot for shopping or health care. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  Members of the Burmese emigre community in Mae Sot, Thailand, participate in a procession for Visakha Puja Day. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Precious stones for sale in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A shop that rents floor space to gem dealers in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Burmese Muslim woman and other Burmese women in a shop that rents floor space to gem dealers in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:   Burmese gather in Wat Pha Mai for Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Gem dealers in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Burmese gem stone vendor buys gems from a man in the Burmese market in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boy stands in front of a wall decorated with his classmates' art work at the Blue Sky School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Burmese novice Buddhist monks in a temple in a small Burmese community in the forest just north of Mae Sot. Mae Sot, on the Thai-Myanmer (Burma) border, has a very large population of Burmese migrants. Some are refugees who left Myanmar to escape civil unrest and political persecution, others are "economic refugees" who came to Thailand looking for work and better opportunities.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:    A Burmese man puts away statues of the Buddha in Wat Pha Mai after Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:    A Burmese man puts away statues of the Buddha in Wat Pha Mai after Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Burmese novice monks participate in the communal meal after Visakha Puja services at Wat Pha Mai. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Gemstone buyers and sellers haggle over prices in the street in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Gems for sale in the Burmese market in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Burmese gem stone vendor buys gems from a man in the Burmese market in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  A Burmese woman prays in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: A Burmese man prays in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: A Burmese man prays in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: A Burmese man prays in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:   Burmese gather in Wat Pha Mai for Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:   A Burmese man prays in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:  A Burmese woman prays in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Burmese women gather in Wat Pha Mai for Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A Burmese Muslim woman and other Burmese women in a shop that rents floor space to gem dealers in Mae Sot, Thailand. There is a thriving business in buying and selling gems and precious stones in Mae Sot. Many of the gems are smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Children play with plastic bags at the Sky Blue School. Their parents use the bags to sort garbade during work at the dump in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese boy crosses a temporary footbridge from a boat landing in the Moie River in Mae Sot. Boats from Myawaddy, Myanmar drop and pick up passengers for the short trip across the river. Mae Sot, on the Thai-Myanmar (Burma) border, has a very large population of Burmese migrants. Some are refugees who left Myanmar to escape civil unrest and political persecution, others are "economic refugees" who came to Thailand looking for work and better opportunities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 FEBRUARY 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese woman peels sugar cane in front of her home. She sells sugar cane juice in the market in Mae Sot. Mae Sot, on the Thai-Myanmar (Burma) border, has a very large population of Burmese migrants. Some are refugees who left Myanmar to escape civil unrest and political persecution, others are "economic refugees" who came to Thailand looking for work and better opportunities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:    A Burmese man puts away statues of the Buddha in Wat Pha Mai after Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: Burmese monks walk into in Wat Pha Mai for Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:     Burmese women haggle over the price of a fruit with a Burmese merchant (not in picture) who came out to their unofficial village of Burmese refugees north of Mae Sot, Thailand. They live on a narrow strip of land about 200 meters deep and 400 meters long that juts into Thailand. The land is technically Burma but it is on the Thai side of the Moei River, which marks most of the border in this part of Thailand. The refugees, a mix of Buddhists and Christians, settled on the land years ago to avoid strife in Myanmar (Burma). For all practical purposes they live in Thailand. They shop in Thai markets and see their produce to Thai buyers. About 200 people live in thatched huts spread throughout the community. They're close enough to Mae Sot that some can work in town and Burmese merchants from Mae Sot come out to their village to do business with them.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:      Burmese teenagers watch a movie on a smart phone in an unofficial village of Burmese refugees north of Mae Sot, Thailand. They live on a narrow strip of land about 200 meters deep and 400 meters long that juts into Thailand. The land is technically Burma but it is on the Thai side of the Moei River, which marks most of the border in this part of Thailand. The refugees, a mix of Buddhists and Christians, settled on the land years ago to avoid strife in Myanmar (Burma). For all practical purposes they live in Thailand. They shop in Thai markets and see their produce to Thai buyers. About 200 people live in thatched huts spread throughout the community. They're close enough to Mae Sot that some can work in town and Burmese merchants from Mae Sot come out to their village to do business with them.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2016 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Thai government officials conduct inspections on the Thai side of the border in Mae Sot. The Thai-Myanmar border between Mae Sot and Myawaddy has become an important commercial crossing as democratic reforms in Myanmar (Burma) has created new economic opportunities in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2016 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Burmese merchants return to Myanmar after a buying trip in Mae Sot. The Thai-Myanmar border between Mae Sot and Myawaddy has become an important commercial crossing as democratic reforms in Myanmar (Burma) has created new economic opportunities in Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese girl with traditional thanaka powder on her face at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A girl works on a test at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  Burmese citizens line up at Thai immigration offices in Mae Sot, Thailand, waiting to cross the Moie River so they can go back to Myanmar (Burma). The border crossing at Mae Sot and Myawaddy (on the Burma) side is the busiest border crossing on the Thai-Burma border.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND: A Burmese man prays in Wat Pha Mai during Visakha Puja Day services. Visakha Puja (Vesak) marks three important events in the Buddha's life: his birth, his attainment of enlightenment and his death. It is celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, usually in May on the Gregorian calendar. This year it is on May 24 in Thailand and Myanmar. It is celebrated throughout the Buddhist world and is considered one of the holiest Buddhist holidays. Burmese Buddhist in Mae Sot celebrated with a procession through Mae Sot that ended with a service followed by a communal meal at Wat Pha Mai, the most important Burmese Buddhist temple in Mae Sot.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese boy chews on sugarcane as he walks through an unofficial village of Burmese refugees north of Mae Sot, Thailand. They live on a narrow strip of land about 200 meters deep and 400 meters long that juts into Thailand. The land is technically Burma but it is on the Thai side of the Moei River, which marks most of the border in this part of Thailand. The refugees, a mix of Buddhists and Christians, settled on the land years ago to avoid strife in Myanmar (Burma). For all practical purposes they live in Thailand. They shop in Thai markets and see their produce to Thai buyers. About 200 people live in thatched huts spread throughout the community. They're close enough to Mae Sot that some can work in town and Burmese merchants from Mae Sot come out to their village to do business with them.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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