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  • Sept 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A Muslim woman (left) and a Thai Buddhist woman work as vendors in the morning market in Pattani, Thailand. 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
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  • 17 MARCH 2006 - KAMPONG CHHNANG, KAMPONG CHHNANG, CAMBODIA: A woman prays at a Buddhist blessing ceremony in Kampong Chhnang on the Tonle Sap River in central Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A woman at an Odalan ceremony in a family temple in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The Odalan ceremony is the "birthday" ceremony for Hindu temples in Bali and are held every 210 days. They are common in Bali.   Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.
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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA:  A woman harvest reeds in rural Cambodia. The reeds are chopped up and used in Cambodian salads or dried and used as roofing and construction material.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:      A Muslim woman rides the Chao Phraya Express Boat in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand has emerged as a popular vacation destination for people from around the world. Thais are traditionally tolerant of other religions and lifestyles and that tolerance has propelled Thailand into the first rank of tourist destinations for gays and straights from the US and Europe and Muslims and Jews from the Middle East.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JUNE 2013 - BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA:  A 77 year old woman who sells snack and drinks on the side of the bamboo train tracks near Battambang. The bamboo train, called a norry (nori) in Khmer is a 3m-long wood frame, covered lengthwise with slats made of ultra-light bamboo, that rests on two barbell-like bogies, the aft one connected by fan belts to a 6HP gasoline engine. The train runs on tracks originally laid by the French when Cambodia was a French colony. Years of war and neglect have made the tracks unsafe for regular trains.  Cambodians put 10 or 15 people on each one or up to three tonnes of rice and supplies. They cruise at about 15km/h. The Bamboo Train is very popular with tourists and now most of the trains around Battambang will only take tourists, who will pay a lot more than Cambodians can, to ride the train.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, THAILAND:    A Burmese woman and her child with a Burmese Buddhist monk in the back of a "songthaew" going to Mae Sot, Thailand. A "songthaew" is a pickup truck converted to use as a bus. They're common in Southeast Asia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MARCH 2013 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  A woman in a trance state approaches the stage at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand. The 2013 tattoo festival was on March 23.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MARCH 2013 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  A woman in a trance state approaches the stage at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand. The 2013 tattoo festival was on March 23.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 MARCH 2013 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A monk blesses a woman's new Sak Yant tattoo at Wat Bang Phra during the tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand. The 2013 tattoo festival was on March 23.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 MARCH 2013 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A monk blesses a woman's new Sak Yant tattoo at Wat Bang Phra during the tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand. The 2013 tattoo festival was on March 23.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2013 - BAN PANG SAI, LAOS: A woman smokes a traditional style pipe in the village of Ban Pang Sai in Luang Namtha province in northern Laos. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2013 - BAN PANG SAI, LAOS: A woman smokes a traditional style pipe in the village of Ban Pang Sai in Luang Namtha province in northern Laos. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A woman works on her Chinese made sewing machine in her shop on Highway 13 north of Oudomaxy, 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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  • 13 MARCH 2013 - ALONG HIGHWAY 13, LAOS: A woman works on her Chinese made sewing machine in her shop on Highway 13 north of Oudomaxy, 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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  • 30 JANUARY 2013 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman who was evicted from her home in a Cambodian land dispute sits next to a hand made sign at a land eviction protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Land disputes in Cambodia are common and many families and sometimes entire communities are evicted as a result of unclear land titles.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays with incense during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays with incense during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays with incense during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays with incense during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays with incense during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays at the entrance to a shrine during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman lights incense before praying during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman lights incense before praying during Thaipusam at Dhevasathan (the Brahmin Shrines) on Dinso Rd in Bangkok. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated primarily by the Tamil community in South East Asia on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of the Hindu god Murugan, son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (a lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The holy day is celebrated by Brahmins in Thailand. Brahmanism was the court religion before Buddhism came to Thailand and before the foundation of Sukhothai. Both religions are combined in the Thai way of life and its customs and ceremonies.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A woman has hair colored while she tends her shop in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 JANUARY 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman who sells fish food to Thais hoping to make merit by feeding fish and pigeons waits for customer at Wat Mahabut in eastern Bangkok. The temple was built in 1762 and predates the founding of the city of Bangkok. Just a few minutes from downtown Bangkok, the neighborhoods around Wat Mahabut are interlaced with canals and still resemble the Bangkok of 60 years ago. Wat Mahabut is a large temple off Sukhumvit Soi 77. The temple is the site of many shrines to Thai ghosts. Many fortune tellers also work on the temple's grounds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2012 - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: A woman prays at the Sri Mahamariamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur. The Sri Mahamariamman Temple is the oldest and richest Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Founded in 1873, it is situated at edge of Chinatown in Jalan Bandar (formerly High Street). In 1968, a new structure was built, featuring the ornate 'Raja Gopuram' tower in the style of South Indian temples. From its inception, the temple provided an important place of worship for early Indian immigrants and is now an important cultural and national heritage in Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK THAILAND:  A woman makes merit by pouring lamp oil into lamps at Wat Sri Boonreung on Klong Saen Saeb in Bangkok, Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman vendor in the market in Pattani, Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman vendor in the market in Pattani, Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman vendor in the market in Pattani, Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman vendor in the market in Pattani, Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman in the market in Pattani, Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman sells bananas in the market in Pattani, Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman sells eggs and dried shrimp in the market in Pattani, Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: AThai woman Ranger (paramilitary operating under Army command) at a checkpoint in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, 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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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2012 - NAKORN NAYOK, THAILAND:  A woman sings praise and seeks the blessings of Ganesh during observances of Ganesh Ustav at Wat Utthayan Ganesh, a temple dedicated to Ganesh in Nakorn Nayok, about three hours from Bangkok. Many Thai Buddhists incorporate Hindu elements, including worship of Ganesh into their spiritual life. Ganesha Chaturthi also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is the Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the re-birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada, starting on the the fourth day of the waxing moon. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on the fourteenth day of the waxing moon. Outside India, it is celebrated widely in Nepal and by Hindus in the United States, Canada, Mauritius, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma , Fiji and Trinidad & Tobago.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 MARCH 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:     A woman's painted and taped breasts at a topless protest in Phoenix. About 40 people marched through central Phoenix Sunday to call for a constitutional amendment to give women the same right to go shirtless in public that men have. The Phoenix demonstration was a part of a national Topless Day of Protest. Phoenix prohibits women from going topless in public so protesters, women and men, covered their nipples and areolas with tape. The men did it to show solidarity with the women marchers.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 APRIL 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: A Vietnamese woman carries fruit for sale through central Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon before the reunification with northern Vietnam in 1975. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:  A woman sits on a sidewalk in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the country's commercial center. It was the capital of South Vietnam before the reunification in 1975 and still shows more signs of American influence than northern Vietnam does.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM: A woman brushes her teeth on the train tracks in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Hanoi is one of the oldest cities in Southeast Asia. It was established in 1010 A.D.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM: A woman sells crusty French bread in the Long Bien Train station in Hanoi. The Hanoi to Hai Phong Express Train runs several times a day between Long Bien Station in Hanoi and the Hai Phong Station. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and Hai Phong is the 4th largest city in Vietnam. Hai Phong is the principal industrial port in the northern part of Vietnam. It was heavily bombed and mined during the American War (what Americans call the Vietnam War).   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM: A woman climbs the stairs into the Long Bien Station in Hanoi, the terminus of the Hanoi to Hao Phong Express Train. The Hanoi to Hai Phong Express Train runs several times a day between Long Bien Station in Hanoi and the Hai Phong Station. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and Hai Phong is the 4th largest city in Vietnam. Hai Phong is the principal industrial port in the northern part of Vietnam. It was heavily bombed and mined during the American War (what Americans call the Vietnam War).   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:     A woman sells lottery tickets at a bamboo stand in a market in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and one of the oldest cities in Southeast Asia. It was established over 1000 years ago.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:     A woman sells lottery tickets at a bamboo stand in a market in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and one of the oldest cities in Southeast Asia. It was established over 1000 years ago.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:   A woman in a noodle shop entertains a baby in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM: A woman carries a stuffed alligator toy down an alley lined with food stalls in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM: A woman carries a stuffed alligator toy down an alley lined with food stalls in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2012 - HA LONG, VIETNAM:   A Vietnamese woman in a rice paddy near the city of Ha Long in northern Vietnam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:   A woman works on revolutionary banners under a portrait of Marx and Lenin in her shop in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 MARCH 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:   An elderly woman crosses a street in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 MARCH 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:   An elderly woman crosses a street in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2012 - CHANDLER, AZ:    A woman being naturalized as a US citizen holds an American flag over her heart in Chandler, AZ, Jan. 14. More than 140 people from 21 countries were naturalized as United States citizens Saturday in Chandler. This is the third year Chandler has sponsored a naturalization ceremony in connection with the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2012 - CHANDLER, AZ:    A woman being naturalized as a US citizen holds an American flag over her heart in Chandler, AZ, Jan. 14. More than 140 people from 21 countries were naturalized as United States citizens Saturday in Chandler. This is the third year Chandler has sponsored a naturalization ceremony in connection with the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 DECEMBER 2011 - PHOENIX, AZ: A woman carries a lit candle during vigil against sexual assault in Phoenix. About 300 people marched through downtown Phoenix Thursday night in a silent candle lit procession to protest against the way the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, led by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has conducted sexual assault and rape investigations. Two recent media reports, one by the East Valley Tribune, a newspaper in Mesa, AZ, and one by the Associated Press concluded that the Sheriff's department has bungled more than 430 rape investigations. Last week, a US Department of Justice report cited the unresolved rape investigations along with evidence of wide spread racial profiling by the sheriff's department in a report that was highly critical of Sheriff Arpaio and the Sheriff's Department.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: DIDI DEVAMALA, founder of Baan Unrak Children's Home, interviews AYEA MU, a Burmese Karen refugee woman, about children. Ayea said she was sick, very poor and no longer able to care for either her infant or twins so she was hoping to leave them at Baan Unrak. Devamala tried to convince her to keep the children and accept help from the home. She said the home's first goal was always to keep families together. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Christian Karen woman reads her bible while her grandson stands next to her in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Christian Karen woman reads her bible while her grandson stands next to her in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Karen woman and her grandson in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Karen woman and her grandson in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2011 - ST. PAUL, MN:  A woman with a stuffed animal on the midway at the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States. It's called "the Great Minnesota Get Together" and includes numerous agricultural exhibits, a vast midway with rides and games, horse shows and rodeos. Nearly two million people a year visit the fair, which is located in St. Paul.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman worker in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman checks the fire in a kiln in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman worker in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman worker in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 13 MARCH 2006 - CHAU DOC, AN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman rows a small boat through a floating village on the Mekong River near Chau Doc, Vietnam in the Mekong delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 13 MARCH 2006 - CHAU DOC, AN GIANG, VIETNAM: A vendor sells fruit to a Cham woman wearing a Moslem head scarf in a village near Chau Doc, Vietnam in the Mekong delta. The Cham are one of the largest ethnic minorities in southern Vietnam. Most Vietnamese are Buddhists, but the Cham are Moslem. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai woman walks in the rain past a beer bar frequented by prostitutes and their customers on Soi Cowboy, a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: A woman paints an umbrella in a craft village near Chiang Mai Thailand. Umbrellas from the Chiang Mai are prized throughout Thailand for the quality of workmanship. They were once used almost exclusively as sun parasols by Buddhist monks and royalty but now are used by hotels, restaurants and collectors.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MIRELLA, a homeless woman, goes through security while checking in for the night at Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) in downtown Phoenix Wednesday. Phoenix was hit by a winter storm Wednesday that brought heavy rain and unusually cold temperatures, it is the first day of what is expected to be a week of below normal temperatures. Morning lows by Friday are expected to be 15-20 degrees blow normal. Normal lows for Phoenix are in the 40's but by Friday are expected to be in the 20's. A spokesman for CASS said they expected to fill all of their regular shelter spaces and most of their overflow spaces every night for the next week. In addition to the cold weather CASS has seen demand for the services increase sixfold in the last three years as the Phoenix economy has slid into recession. Many CASS clients now are the "new" homeless - people who used to have homes but lost their homes in the bad economy.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MIRELLA, a homeless woman, goes through security while checking in for the night at Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) in downtown Phoenix Wednesday. Phoenix was hit by a winter storm Wednesday that brought heavy rain and unusually cold temperatures, it is the first day of what is expected to be a week of below normal temperatures. Morning lows by Friday are expected to be 15-20 degrees blow normal. Normal lows for Phoenix are in the 40's but by Friday are expected to be in the 20's. A spokesman for CASS said they expected to fill all of their regular shelter spaces and most of their overflow spaces every night for the next week. In addition to the cold weather CASS has seen demand for the services increase sixfold in the last three years as the Phoenix economy has slid into recession. Many CASS clients now are the "new" homeless - people who used to have homes but lost their homes in the bad economy.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2010 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: A woman walks past campaign posters for Jude Celestin, a candidate for the president of Haiti. Celestin is supported by the Haiti's ruling government and is expected to win the election. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2010 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: A woman walks past a stand selling wooden posts in Port-au-Prince. The posts are used to reinforce construction in Port-au-Prince. The city was devastated by an earthquake in Jan 2010 and has yet to be rebuilt. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 OCTOBER 2010 - CHANDLER, AZ: A woman makes a financial contribution to the temple during the Ok Phansa services to mark the end of Buddhist Lent at Wat Pa, in Chandler, AZ, Sunday October 24. Buddhist Lent is a time devoted to study and meditation. Buddhist monks remain within the temple grounds and do not venture out for a period of three months starting from the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month (in July) to the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eleventh lunar month (in October). Ok Phansa Day marks the end of the Buddhist lent and falls on the full moon of the eleventh lunar month, this year Oct 23. Wat Pa, a Thai Theravada Buddhist temple, celebrated Ok Phansa Day on October 24.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 24 OCTOBER 2010 - CHANDLER, AZ: A woman makes a financial contribution to the temple during the Ok Phansa services to mark the end of Buddhist Lent at Wat Pa, in Chandler, AZ, Sunday October 24. Buddhist Lent is a time devoted to study and meditation. Buddhist monks remain within the temple grounds and do not venture out for a period of three months starting from the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month (in July) to the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eleventh lunar month (in October). Ok Phansa Day marks the end of the Buddhist lent and falls on the full moon of the eleventh lunar month, this year Oct 23. Wat Pa, a Thai Theravada Buddhist temple, celebrated Ok Phansa Day on October 24.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman weeps after seeing Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade pass her and the crowd during Coronation Day, Wednesday, May 5. Wednesday was Coronation Day in Thailand, marking the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade, also known as Rama IX. He is the world's longest serving current head of state and the longest reigning monarch in Thai history. He has reigned since June 9, 1946 and his coronation was on May 5, 1950, after he finished his studies. The King is revered by the Thai people. Thousands lined the streets around the Grand Palace hoping to catch a glimpse of the King as his motorcade pulled into the palace. The King has been hospitalized since September 2009, making only infrequent trips out of the hospital for official functions, like today's ceremonies.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman weeps after seeing Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade pass her and the crowd during Coronation Day, Wednesday, May 5. Wednesday was Coronation Day in Thailand, marking the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade, also known as Rama IX. He is the world's longest serving current head of state and the longest reigning monarch in Thai history. He has reigned since June 9, 1946 and his coronation was on May 5, 1950, after he finished his studies. The King is revered by the Thai people. Thousands lined the streets around the Grand Palace hoping to catch a glimpse of the King as his motorcade pulled into the palace. The King has been hospitalized since September 2009, making only infrequent trips out of the hospital for official functions, like today's ceremonies.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman holds up a photo of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade and the Thai flag while she waits for his motorcade, Wednesday May 5. Wednesday was Coronation Day in Thailand, marking the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade, also known as Rama IX. He is the world's longest serving current head of state and the longest reigning monarch in Thai history. He has reigned since June 9, 1946 and his coronation was on May 5, 1950, after he finished his studies. The King is revered by the Thai people. Thousands lined the streets around the Grand Palace hoping to catch a glimpse of the King as his motorcade pulled into the palace. The King has been hospitalized since September 2009, making only infrequent trips out of the hospital for official functions, like today's ceremonies.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman holds up a photo of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade while she waits for his motorcade, Wednesday, May 5. People on the street in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok wait for Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade, Wednesday, May 5. Wednesday was Coronation Day in Thailand, marking the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade, also known as Rama IX. He is the world's longest serving current head of state and the longest reigning monarch in Thai history. He has reigned since June 9, 1946 and his coronation was on May 5, 1950, after he finished his studies. The King is revered by the Thai people. Thousands lined the streets around the Grand Palace hoping to catch a glimpse of the King as his motorcade pulled into the palace. The King has been hospitalized since September 2009, making only infrequent trips out of the hospital for official functions, like today's ceremonies.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 25 -- UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A woman prays and makes an offering in the tourist market in Ubud. Ubud is considered Bali's artistic and cultural heart. About 20 miles from the beaches near Kuta, it attracts a slightly older crowd.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr 24 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A woman brings gifts to a funeral for Bali's royal family in Ubud, Bali. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • Apr 23 - BALI, INDONESIA - A woman works in a weaving shop in central Bali.   Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A woman at an Odalan ceremony in a family temple in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The Odalan ceremony is the "birthday" ceremony for Hindu temples in Bali and are held every 210 days. They are common in Bali.   Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.
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  • 09 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON, PHANOM, THAILAND: UDOM, a woman in her 60's, burns brush out of her land to prepare it for planting potatoes. She said this is the first year she's planted potatoes and she is doing so because of the drought gripping the region. Potatoes require less water than rice, her preferred crop. The region is in the midst of a record setting drought and the Mekong River is at its lowest point in nearly 50 years, setting up an environmental disaster the region has never seen before. Many of the people who live along the river farm and fish. They claim their crops yields are greatly reduced and that many days they return from fishing with empty nets. The river is so shallow now that fisherman who used to go out in boats now work from the banks and sandbars on foot or wade into the river. In addition to low river levels the Isan region of Thailand is also in the midst of a record drought and heat wave. Farmers have been encouraged to switch from rice to less water intensive crops and to expect lower yields. Farmers here rely more on rain fall than irrigation to water their crops.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON, PHANOM, THAILAND: UDOM, a woman in her 60's, burns brush out of her land to prepare it for planting potatoes. She said this is the first year she's planted potatoes and she is doing so because of the drought gripping the region. Potatoes require less water than rice, her preferred crop. The region is in the midst of a record setting drought and the Mekong River is at its lowest point in nearly 50 years, setting up an environmental disaster the region has never seen before. Many of the people who live along the river farm and fish. They claim their crops yields are greatly reduced and that many days they return from fishing with empty nets. The river is so shallow now that fisherman who used to go out in boats now work from the banks and sandbars on foot or wade into the river. In addition to low river levels the Isan region of Thailand is also in the midst of a record drought and heat wave. Farmers have been encouraged to switch from rice to less water intensive crops and to expect lower yields. Farmers here rely more on rain fall than irrigation to water their crops.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A woman fries chicken in the market in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: A member of the women's Ranger unit at an observation post on a street corner in Yarang, Thailand, talks to Muslim woman and her children during a security sweep in Yarang, Sept 29. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept 29, 2009 - YARANG, THAILAND: A Muslim woman walks among balloons for sales at a street fair in Yarang, Thailand, Sept. 29. 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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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- BAAN TROKBON, THAILAND: A Thai woman Ranger talks to residents of a Buddhist village in Pattani province in Thailand. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- BAAN TROKBON, THAILAND: A Thai woman Ranger talks to residents of a Buddhist village in Pattani province in Thailand. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 28, 2009 -- TANJONG DATO, THAILAND: A woman and her child walk through the Muslim village of Tanjong Dato, in the province of Pattani, Thailand. Everybody in the village is Muslim and they say they have no problems, but the roads around the village leading to the provincial capital of Pattani are too dangerous for them to use once it gets dark. 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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  • Sept 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim women (left) and a Thai Buddhist woman work as vendors in the morning market in Pattani, Thailand. 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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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A Muslim woman sells flower garlands to a Thai Buddhist in the night market in Pattani, Thailand. 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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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- YALA, THAILAND: A Muslim woman puts on a motorcycle helmet after shopping in the market in Yala, Thailand. 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
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  • Mar 25, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman talks on her cell phone on the BTS, the Bangkok Sky Train, a commuter train. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Mar 25, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman sells Thai fighting kites at Sanam Luang, the Royal Parade Ground in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Feb. 8, 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A woman reads a Mandarin language newspaper at the Chinese Cultural Center in Phoenix, AZ. Chinese around the world celebrated the New Year this month. This is the Year of the Ox in the Chinese calender. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2006 - KOKY, CAMBODIA: A woman carries live chickens to the market in Koky, Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 08 MARCH 2006 - A woman uses her cell phone whille her daughter gets ready to ride with her mom, in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: A Mexican woman rests her hands atop her head in the desert outside of the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, in central Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   WOMEN  ENVIRONMENT    POVERTY  INDIGENOUS
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