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  • 12 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A man fixes a flat on truck along the side of Highway 13. The truck was hauling raw materials for brooms to China. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A man fixes a flat on truck along the side of Highway 13. The truck was hauling raw materials for brooms to China. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A man fixes a flat on truck along the side of Highway 13. The truck was hauling raw materials for brooms to China. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A truck hauling freight from China passes an overturned truck on Highway 13. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A truck heading for the Chinese border crossing at Boten drives along Highway 13 through Oudomaxy. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A truck passes through a Hmong community on Highway 13 in rural Laos. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A truck hauling freight from China passes a Hmong village north of Vientiane. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  RIders in the back of a truck on Highway 13 in rural Vientiane province, Laos. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  People in the back of a songthaew (pickup truck converted to bus) in a construction zone on Highway 13 in the province of Vientiane in Laos. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Riding in a songthaew on Sukhumvit Soi 77 in Bangkok, Thailand. Songthaew is Thai for "Two bench." Songthaews are pickup trucks converted to use as a bus by installing two bench seats that run the length of the truck bed. They are common in Thailand, Laos and Malaysia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: Trucks near the end of Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone. The SEZ is in Laos immediately south of the Lao Chinese border. It has turned into a Chinese enclave but many of the businesses struggle because their goods are too expensive for local Lao to purchase. Some of the hotels and casinos in the area have been forced to close by the Chinese government after reports of rigged games. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Riding in a songthaew on Sukhumvit Soi 77 in Bangkok, Thailand. Songthaew is Thai for "Two bench." Songthaews are pickup trucks converted to use as a bus by installing two bench seats that run the length of the truck bed. They are common in Thailand, Laos and Malaysia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SongthaewBangkok006.jpg
  • 12 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Riding in a songthaew on Sukhumvit Soi 77 in Bangkok, Thailand. Songthaew is Thai for "Two bench." Songthaews are pickup trucks converted to use as a bus by installing two bench seats that run the length of the truck bed. They are common in Thailand, Laos and Malaysia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SongthaewBangkok005.jpg
  • 12 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Riding in a songthaew on Sukhumvit Soi 77 in Bangkok, Thailand. Songthaew is Thai for "Two bench." Songthaews are pickup trucks converted to use as a bus by installing two bench seats that run the length of the truck bed. They are common in Thailand, Laos and Malaysia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SongthaewBangkok004.jpg
  • 12 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Riding in a songthaew on Sukhumvit Soi 77 in Bangkok, Thailand. Songthaew is Thai for "Two bench." Songthaews are pickup trucks converted to use as a bus by installing two bench seats that run the length of the truck bed. They are common in Thailand, Laos and Malaysia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SongthaewBangkok003.jpg
  • 12 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Riding in a songthaew on Sukhumvit Soi 77 in Bangkok, Thailand. Songthaew is Thai for "Two bench." Songthaews are pickup trucks converted to use as a bus by installing two bench seats that run the length of the truck bed. They are common in Thailand, Laos and Malaysia.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SongthaewBangkok002.jpg
  • 29 JUNE 2006 - KAMPONG THOM, CAMBODIA: A truck being used as a bus hauls passengers through Kampong Thom province in central Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 03 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: Men standing in the back of a "songthaew" in the market in Chiang Mai, Thailand. A songthaew is pickup truck converted to use as a bus common in Thailand. Songthaew is a literal translation of "two seats" because two bench seats are installed in the bed of the pickup.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2015 - NA KHOK, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Salt farm workers in the back of a pickup truck in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The coastal provinces of Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram, about 60 miles from Bangkok, are the center of Thailand's sea salt industry. Salt farmers harvest salt from the waters of the Gulf of Siam by flooding fields and then letting them dry through evaporation, leaving a crust of salt behind. Salt is harvested through dry season, usually February to April. The 2014 salt harvest went well into May because the dry season lasted longer than normal. Last year's harvest resulted in a surplus of salt, driving prices down. Some warehouses are still storing salt from last year. It's been very dry so far this year and the 2015 harvest is running ahead of last year's bumper crop. One salt farmer said prices are down about 15 percent from last year.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The side of a truck at a fish market outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A truck driver in Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PATHEIN, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: Buddhist monks walk away from a crowded truck used as a bus they just got off of in Pathein, Myanmar. Pathein, sometimes also called Bassein, is a port city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Burma. It lies on the Pathein River (Bassein), which is a western branch of the Irrawaddy River. It's the fourth largest city in Myanmar (Burma) about 190 km west of Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A porter pushes a hand truck through the flower market in Bangkok. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. It is also one of the largest fresh fruit and produce markets in the city. The market is located in the old part of the city, south of Wat Po (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) and the Grand Palace.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A woman lays out rice to dry along the side of Highway 3, the main road through northern Laos from Highway 13 to the Thai border. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  Riding along an unpaved stretch of Highway 13 in northern Laos. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers crowd into the back of a "songthaew" as they leave a job site at an international hotel on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. A songthaew is a pickup truck converted to a bus or shared taxi by the installation of two bench seats in the back. They are commonly used in rural areas and as company provided transport in Malaysia, Thailand and Laos.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 APRIL 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:  A porter delivers plastic goods by hand truck in the nighborhood around Binh Tay Market. Binh Tay market is the largest market in Ho Chi Minh City and is the central market of Cholon. Cholon is the Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon). It is the largest "Chinatown" in Vietnam. Cholon consists of the western half of District 5 as well as several adjoining neighborhoods in District 6. The Vietnamese name Cholon literally means "big" (lon) "market" (cho). Incorporated in 1879 as a city 11 km from central Saigon. By the 1930s, it had expanded to the city limit of Saigon. On April 27, 1931, French colonial authorities merged the two cities to form Saigon-Cholon. In 1956, "Cholon" was dropped from the name and the city became known as Saigon. During the Vietnam War (called the American War by the Vietnamese), soldiers and deserters from the United States Army maintained a thriving black market in Cholon, trading in various American and especially U.S Army-issue items.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- YALA, THAILAND: A loaded pickup truck converted to bus use leaves Yala, Thailand headed for the neighboring province of Pattani. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • HAVANA, CUBA: Truck pressed into service as a bus in Havana, Cuba, March 2000.  The shortage of regular busses has forced the Cuban government to improvise with jerry rigged vehicles for mass transit.   Photo by Jack Kurtz   TRANSPORT  POVERTY     ECONOMY
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  • 17 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A porter pulls a handtruck through the vegetable section of the flower market in Bangkok. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. It is also one of the largest fresh fruit and produce markets in the city. The market is located in the old part of the city, south of Wat Po (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) and the Grand Palace.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Nicolas Antonio Garcia Castro, a Mexican truck driver, waits with his truck on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Nicolas Antonio Garcia Castro, a Mexican truck driver, walks along the line of trucks waiting on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Nicolas Antonio Garcia Castro, a Mexican truck driver, walks along the line of trucks waiting to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Alejandro Iribe waits for his dad to get in the truck before they drive into the US from the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Alejandro Iribe waits for his dad to get in the truck before they drive into the US from the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: A Mexican trucker climbs into the cab of his truck while waiting to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Raul Corrales, a Mexican truck driver, waits to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Raul Corrales, a Mexican truck driver, waits to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Raul Corrales, a Mexican truck driver, waits to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Mexican truck driver Juan Martin waits to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Alejandro Iribe waits for his dad to get in the truck before they drive into the US from the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Trucks wait to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Trucks wait to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Trucks wait to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Pedestrians walk through the line of trucks waiting to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Trucks wait to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Trucks wait to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Rafael Iribe, a Mexican trucker, waits to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2008 -- NOGALES, SON, MEX: Rafael Iribe, a Mexican trucker, waits to enter the US on the Mexican side of the Mariposa port of Entry in Nogales. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: The wrecked Thai army truck behind the crater created when an IED went off under the truck in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A member of a Thai army bomb squad inspects an Army truck destroyed by an IED in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2013 -  OUDOMXAY, LAOS: A truck hauling goods from Thailand to China on Highway 13 in rural Laos passes an overturned Beer Lao truck on the road. People were hired to salvage the beer that didn't pop open when the truck overturned. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2013 -  OUDOMXAY, LAOS: A truck hauling goods from Thailand to China on Highway 13 in rural Laos passes an overturned Beer Lao truck on the road. People were hired to salvage the beer that didn't pop open when the truck overturned. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniIEDAttack015.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniIEDAttack014.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniIEDAttack013.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A member of a Thai army bomb squad inspects an Army truck destroyed by an IED in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A member of a Thai army bomb squad inspects an Army truck destroyed by an IED in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers stand watch as explosives teams and forensics experts work on a truck destroyed in an insurgent IED blast Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers stand watch as explosives teams and forensics experts work on a truck destroyed in an insurgent IED blast Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A truck hauling materials to China through Laos passes an overturned Beer Lao truck on Highway 13 north of Luang Prabang. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A Chinese truck driver does paperwork in the cab of his truck at the end of Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone. The SEZ is in Laos immediately south of the Lao Chinese border. It has turned into a Chinese enclave but many of the businesses struggle because their goods are too expensive for local Lao to purchase. Some of the hotels and casinos in the area have been forced to close by the Chinese government after reports of rigged games. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A Chinese truck driver walks back to his truck near the end of Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone. The SEZ is in Laos immediately south of the Lao Chinese border. It has turned into a Chinese enclave but many of the businesses struggle because their goods are too expensive for local Lao to purchase. Some of the hotels and casinos in the area have been forced to close by the Chinese government after reports of rigged games. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A truck driver and his wife sit in the cab of their truck on a Mekong River ferry. The Mekong River ferries are disappearing as bridges across the river are completed and roads along the river are paved. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  The Laotian driver of a Chinese construction truck gets out of his truck at a job site on Highway 13 in rural Vientiane province. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A Thai soldier, carrying the rifle of one of his colleagues wounded in an IED blast, walks back to his vehicle after clearing the scene in Pattani province Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A truck headed into China passes Chinese man walking along the highway near the end of Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone. The SEZ is in Laos immediately south of the Lao Chinese border. It has turned into a Chinese enclave but many of the businesses struggle because their goods are too expensive for local Lao to purchase. Some of the hotels and casinos in the area have been forced to close by the Chinese government after reports of rigged games. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA: A Rohingya refugee who works as a truck mechanic, works on the brakes of a delivery truck in Kulai, Malaysia. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA: A Rohingya refugee who works as a truck mechanic, works on the brakes of a delivery truck in Kulai, Malaysia. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A truck driver throws water on his windshield while waiting for workers to load his truck with bricks.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government protestors try to overturn a Thai police truck at a roadblock preventing access to the home of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. They were not able to overturn the truck, so police moved it for them. Hundreds of thousands of Thais gathered in Bangkok Sunday in a series of protests against the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra. The protests are a continuation of protests that started in early November and have caused the dissolution of the Pheu Thai led government of Yingluck Shinawatra. Protestors congregated at home of Yingluck and launched a series of motorcades that effectively gridlocked the city. Yingluck was not home when protestors picketed her home.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - RAMAN, YALA, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers carry the weapons and equipment of their colleagues injured in an IED attack Thursday morning to a waiting truck. Eight soldiers were injured when the IED exploded under a Thai Army truck carrying soldiers back to their camp after they finished a teacher protection mision. The army routinely dispatches soldiers to protect teachers and Buddhist monks, who have been targeted by Muslim insurgents as representatives of the Bangkok government. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - RAMAN, YALA, THAILAND: A Thai army truck after an IED attack destroyed it. Eight soldiers were injured when the IED exploded under a Thai Army truck carrying soldiers back to their camp after they finished a teacher protection mision. The army routinely dispatches soldiers to protect teachers and Buddhist monks, who have been targeted by Muslim insurgents as representatives of the Bangkok government. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - RAMAN, YALA, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier walks down a road in Raman, Yala province of Thailand after an IED destroyed a truck carrying his colleagues. Eight soldiers were injured when the IED exploded under a Thai Army truck carrying soldiers back to their camp after they finished a teacher protection mision. The army routinely dispatches soldiers to protect teachers and Buddhist monks, who have been targeted by Muslim insurgents as representatives of the Bangkok government. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A sign on the side of a highway in Pattani province of Thailand warning motorists of IEDs on the road. The signs have been showing up on highways in Pattani and Yala provinces. No one has taken credit for the signs and the Thai government doesn't know who is putting them up. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED just a few kilometers from this sign, outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A sign on the side of a highway in Pattani province of Thailand warning motorists of IEDs on the road. The signs have been showing up on highways in Pattani and Yala provinces. No one has taken credit for the signs and the Thai government doesn't know who is putting them up. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED just a few kilometers from this sign, outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  The crater left by an IED used to attack Thai soldiers in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  The crater left by an IED used to attack Thai soldiers in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai security personnel walk up to the scene of an IED blast in Pattani Monday after the scene was cleared by the bomb squad. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier, carrying the helmets of his colleagues wounded in an IED blast, walks back to his vehicle after clearing the scene in Pattani province Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier, carrying the helmets of his colleagues wounded in an IED blast, walks back to his vehicle after clearing the scene in Pattani province Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   .Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, lower left, helps carry the Phra Buddha Sihing to a waiting truck.  The Phra Buddha Sihing, a revered statue of the Buddha, is carried by truck through the streets of Bangkok so people can make offerings and bathe it in scented oils. Songkran is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 16 April. The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation, but it is now fixed. If the days fall on a weekend, the missed days are taken on the weekdays immediately following. Songkran is in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season and provides an excuse for people to cool off in friendly water fights that take place throughout the country. The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. The first day of the holiday period is generally the most devout and many people go to temples to make merit and offer prayers for the new year.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   .Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, lower left, helps carry the Phra Buddha Sihing to a waiting truck.  The Phra Buddha Sihing, a revered statue of the Buddha, is carried by truck through the streets of Bangkok so people can make offerings and bathe it in scented oils. Songkran is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 16 April. The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation, but it is now fixed. If the days fall on a weekend, the missed days are taken on the weekdays immediately following. Songkran is in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season and provides an excuse for people to cool off in friendly water fights that take place throughout the country. The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. The first day of the holiday period is generally the most devout and many people go to temples to make merit and offer prayers for the new year.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   .Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, lower left, helps carry the Phra Buddha Sihing to a waiting truck.  The Phra Buddha Sihing, a revered statue of the Buddha, is carried by truck through the streets of Bangkok so people can make offerings and bathe it in scented oils. Songkran is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 16 April. The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation, but it is now fixed. If the days fall on a weekend, the missed days are taken on the weekdays immediately following. Songkran is in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season and provides an excuse for people to cool off in friendly water fights that take place throughout the country. The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. The first day of the holiday period is generally the most devout and many people go to temples to make merit and offer prayers for the new year.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A dump truck goes past clothes drying along the side of Highway 13 north of Luang Prabang, Laos. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: Three men and a woman (far right) sing karaoke in a restaurant/karaoke bar at the end of Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone. Many of the karaoke bars in northern Laos front as brothels that service Chinese truck drivers. The SEZ is in Laos immediately south of the Lao Chinese border. It has turned into a Chinese enclave but many of the businesses struggle because their goods are too expensive for local Lao to purchase. Some of the hotels and casinos in the area have been forced to close by the Chinese government after reports of rigged games. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A Chinese truck drives down Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone in northern Laos, a few miles short of the Chinese border. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A Lao woman walks past a construction near the end of Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone. The site will eventually become truck and car parking for people shopping in the Chinese markets in the SEZ. The SEZ is in Laos immediately south of the Lao Chinese border. It has turned into a Chinese enclave but many of the businesses struggle because their goods are too expensive for local Lao to purchase. Some of the hotels and casinos in the area have been forced to close by the Chinese government after reports of rigged games. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: Lao truck drivers play pool while they wait for a load to come in from China near the end of Highway 13 in the Boten Special Economic Zone. The SEZ is in Laos immediately south of the Lao Chinese border. It has turned into a Chinese enclave but many of the businesses struggle because their goods are too expensive for local Lao to purchase. Some of the hotels and casinos in the area have been forced to close by the Chinese government after reports of rigged games. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: Women in the back of a truck ride a ferry across the Mekong River. The Mekong River ferries are disappearing as bridges across the river are completed and roads along the river are paved. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A cargo truck bringing freight into Laos from China barrels through a rest stop on Highway 13. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  A man in the back of a songthaew (pickup truck converted to bus) on Highway 13 in the province of Vientiane in Laos. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS:  An overloaded songthaew (pickup truck converted to bus) on Highway 13 in the province of Vientiane in Laos. The paving of Highway 13 from Vientiane to near the Chinese border has changed the way of life in rural Laos. Villagers near Luang Prabang used to have to take unreliable boats that took three hours round trip to get from the homes to the tourist center of Luang Prabang, now they take a 40 minute round trip bus ride. North of Luang Prabang, paving the highway has been an opportunity for China to use Laos as a transshipping point. Chinese merchandise now goes through Laos to Thailand where it's put on Thai trains and taken to the deep water port east of Bangkok. The Chinese have also expanded their economic empire into Laos. Chinese hotels and businesses are common in northern Laos and in some cities, like Oudomxay, are now up to 40% percent. As the roads are paved, more people move away from their traditional homes in the mountains of Laos and crowd the side of the road living off tourists' and truck drivers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A truck driver secures a statue of the Buddha to his truck on Bamrung Muang Street in Bangkok. Buddhas are covered in saffron when they are moved. Thanon Bamrung Muang (Thanon is Thai for Road or Street) is Bangkok's "Street of Many Buddhas." Like many ancient cities, Bangkok was once a city of artisan's neighborhoods and Bamrung Muang Road, near Bangkok's present day city hall, was once the street where all the country's Buddha statues were made. Now they made in factories on the edge of Bangkok, but Bamrung Muang Road is still where the statues are sold. Once an elephant trail, it was one of the first streets paved in Bangkok. It is the largest center of Buddhist supplies in Thailand. Not just statues but also monk's robes, candles, alms bowls, and pre-configured alms baskets are for sale along both sides of the street.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A truck driver sleeps in the cab of his truck in Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok. Khlong Toey (also called Khlong Toei) Market is one of the largest "wet markets" in Thailand. The market is located in the midst of one of Bangkok's largest slum areas and close to the city's original deep water port. Thousands of people live in the neighboring slum area. Thousands more shop in the sprawling market for fresh fruits and vegetables as well meat, fish and poultry.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 NOVEMBER 2011 - PHOENIX, AZ: A Harry Potter movie is shown on the side of a rented truck at the Best Buy store on Thunderbird and I 17 in Phoenix. "Black Friday," the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season started even earlier than normal. Many stores, including Target and Best Buy, opened at midnight. The Best Buy at Thunderbird and I 17 showed a Harry Potter movie on the side of a rented truck in the parking lot to keep people amused while they waited for the store to open.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A wrecked Thai army riot control truck at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. The truck was captured and vandalized by anti government protesters. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2003 -- SELLS, AZ:  A Tohono O'Odham police officer talks to a family of undocumented immigrants from the Mexican state of Jalisco who he found hiding in the back of the passenger compartment of the pickup truck on the left. The driver of the truck was stopped by a Tohono OOdham tribal police officer for speeding on AZ 86 east of Sells, AZ, the capital of Tohono OOdham Indian Reservation, May 5, 2003. The Tohono OOdham reservation covers a vast expanse of Southern Arizona and has a 70 mile border with Mexico. In recent years the reservation has been flooded with undocumented immigrants who pass through the reservation on their way north to Phoenix, AZ, and other cities in the US. About 1,500 undocumented immigrants, most from Mexico, cross the reservation, which has more land than the state of Delaware,  every day. According to the tribal government, the tribal police department spends about 60 percent of its resources dealing with crime created by the undocumented immigrants. Many times tribal police officers have to wait hours for the US Border Patrol to respond to calls to pick up undocumented immigrants. This family was released by the tribal police two hours after the Border Patrol was notified that the police had the family. The Border Patrol didn?t respond the tribal police call.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2003 - SELLS, ARIZONA, USA: A family of undocumented immigrants from the Mexican state of Jalisco hide in the back of pickup truck after the driver of the truck was stopped by a Tohono O'Odham tribal police officer for speeding on AZ 86 east of Sells, AZ, the capital of Tohono OOdham Indian Reservation, May 5, 2003. The Tohono OOdham reservation covers a vast expanse of Southern Arizona and has a 70 mile border with Mexico. In recent years the reservation has been flooded with undocumented immigrants who pass through the reservation on their way north to Phoenix, AZ, and other cities in the US. About 1,500 undocumented immigrants, most from Mexico, cross the reservation, which has more land than the state of Delaware,  every day. According to the tribal government, the tribal police department spends about 60 percent of its resources dealing with crime created by the undocumented immigrants. Many times tribal police officers have to wait hours for the US Border Patrol to respond to calls to pick up undocumented immigrants. This family was released by the tribal police two hours after the Border Patrol was notified that the police had the family. The Border Patrol didn?t respond the tribal police call. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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