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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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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A Pedanda, a very high cast of Hindu priest in Bali, leads 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.
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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Helconia flowers blooming in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Helconias are related to bananas and are an important food source for forest hummingbirds.    Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.
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  • Apr. 21 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A tourist with a long tail macaque on her head in the Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali. Hundreds of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicuiaris) live in the forest, which is also the site of several Hindu temples and is sacred in Bali society.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • About 200 people attended Congressman Ben Quayle's (R-AZ) town hall meeting in the Anthem neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ, Monday. Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, was elected in the Republican tide that captured the House of Representatives in Nov. 2010. Quayle tried to run under a Tea Party banner. Most of the people in the crowd were hostile to Quayle and the GOP budget proposal that would change medicare to a voucher system and Quayle was shouted down several times when he tried to support the budget.     Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Blood on a tarp at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Aug 9, 2010 - SUN CITY WEST, AZ: J.D. HAYWORTH, a former US Congressman and right wing radio talk show host, speaks during the Spending Revolt Bus stop in Sun City West, AZ. Hayworth is running against Sen. John McCain in Arizona's Republican primary. Hayworth is hoping to capitalize on the Tea Party vote, though the Arizona Tea Party has not formally endorsed him. The Spending Revolt Bus stopped in Sun City West, a retirement community northwest of Phoenix, Monday. Spending Revolt is a new coalition of taxpayers and business owners concerned about government spending. The bus is attracting Republican and Tea Party affiliated candidates to its events. The bus has crisscrossed Nevada, California and Arizona and is heading east to Washington DC.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Aug 9, 2010 - SUN CITY WEST, AZ: Congressman TRENT FRANKS, (R-AZ) speaks at the Spending Revolt Bus event in Sun City West, AZ, Monday. Franks, a fiscal and social conservative, said he's voted against every one of the stimulus bills enacted by the administration. The Spending Revolt Bus stopped in Sun City West, a retirement community northwest of Phoenix, Monday. Spending Revolt is a new coalition of taxpayers and business owners concerned about government spending. The bus is attracting Republican and Tea Party affiliated candidates to its events. The bus has crisscrossed Nevada, California and Arizona and is heading east to Washington DC.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Aug 9, 2010 - SUN CITY WEST, AZ: Residents of Sun City West wait for the Spending Revolt Bus event to start Monday morning. The Spending Revolt Bus stopped in Sun City West, a retirement community northwest of Phoenix, Monday. Spending Revolt is a new coalition of taxpayers and business owners concerned about government spending. The bus is attracting Republican and Tea Party affiliated candidates to its events. The bus has crisscrossed Nevada, California and Arizona and is heading east to Washington DC.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A girl at a wedding in a home in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Weddings in Bali have three parts, the first is the ceremony where the couple is wedded. Then the wedding party goes to the bride's family home so the bride can say goodbye to her family. Then there is a wedding reception which is quite similar to western wedding receptions.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.
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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Family members bless their temple during 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.
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  • Apr. 21 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A tourist with a long tail macaque on her head in the Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali. Hundreds of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicuiaris) live in the forest, which is also the site of several Hindu temples and is sacred in Bali society.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A rice paddy in Ubud, Bali. Rice is an integral part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.
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  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A woman shucks rice in her paddy near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Rice is an integral part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.
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  • Oct. 8 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A police officer prays in front of the main chapel at Wat Suthat. Wat Suthat, in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the most important Buddhist temples in Thailand. Parts of it were made Thai King Rama II. It features both the largest odination hall and largest main chapel of any Buddhist temple in Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 3, 2009 - CHONBURI, THAILAND: Jockeys race down the straight away during the first day of races at the Chonburi Buffalo Races Festival, Saturday, Oct. 3. Contestants race water buffalo about 200 meters down a muddy straight away. The buffalo races in Chonburi first took place in 1912 for Thai King Rama VI. Now the races have evolved into a festival that marks the end of Buddhist Lent and is held on the first full moon of the 11th lunar month (either October or November). Thousands of people come to Chonburi, about 90 minutes from Bangkok, for the races and carnival midway. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 3, 2009 - CHONBURI, THAILAND: Boys box on a wooden beam six feet above the ground in the midway area during the first day of races at the Chonburi Buffalo Races Festival, Saturday, Oct. 3. Contestants race water buffalo about 200 meters down a muddy straight away. The buffalo races in Chonburi first took place in 1912 for Thai King Rama VI. Now the races have evolved into a festival that marks the end of Buddhist Lent and is held on the first full moon of the 11th lunar month (either October or November). Thousands of people come to Chonburi, about 90 minutes from Bangkok, for the races and carnival midway. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 3, 2009 - CHONBURI, THAILAND: A "jockey" chases his water buffalo across the finish line during the first day of races at the Chonburi Buffalo Races Festival, Saturday, Oct. 3. Contestants race water buffalo about 200 meters down a muddy straight away. The buffalo races in Chonburi first took place in 1912 for Thai King Rama VI. Now the races have evolved into a festival that marks the end of Buddhist Lent and is held on the first full moon of the 11th lunar month (either October or November). Thousands of people come to Chonburi, about 90 minutes from Bangkok, for the races and carnival midway. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: Members of the women's Ranger unit staff a checkpoint at the entrance to the night market in Yarang, Thailand, 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 family walks through a street fair in Yarang, Pattani province, 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 Muslim couple rides a motorcycle through a Buddhist village in Pattani province. 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: Thai women Rangers leave their base on patrol. 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. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Elementary school class at the Gahong School in Pattani, Thailand Sept. 27. Schools and school teachers have been frequent targets of Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand and the army now provides security at many government schools.  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. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A Thai soldier walks past a roti (Malaysian flatbread) vendor and children going to school in Pattani. Schools and school teachers have been frequent targets of Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand and the army now provides security at many government schools.  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. 27, 2009 -- SUNGAI KOLOK, THAILAND: People cross into Thailand at an informal border crossing on the Kolok River in Sungai Golok, Narathiwat, Thailand. The Thai-Malaysia border in Narathiwat province sees a steady stream of cross border trade but tourism from Malaysia which once flourished for Malaysians who wanted to drink and enjoy other vices prohibited in Muslim Malaysia has all but stopped since violence by Muslim insurgents in south Thailand destroyed several tourist hotels. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- TAK BAI, THAILAND: Thai Muslim boys play with toy shotguns in front of their home in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, 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 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers man a checkpoint during a security operation near Krue Se Mosque in Pattani, Thailand Sept. 26. 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: Muslim women buy fish 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 / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A Thai soldier provides security on train in Pattani province in Thailand's deep south. The trains have been frequent targets of Muslim separatist insurgents. 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: Men gather for Friday prayers in the Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The mosque's Imam said a special prayer on this day for the Thai King who is in a hospital in Bangkok. Pattani's Central Mosque is considered the most architecturally striking mosque in Thailand and was a leading tourist site until the current violence put an end to mass tourism in 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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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Men gather for Friday prayers in the Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The mosque's Imam said a special prayer on this day for the Thai King who is in a hospital in Bangkok. Pattani's Central Mosque is considered the most architecturally striking mosque in Thailand and was a leading tourist site until the current violence put an end to mass tourism in 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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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Freshly caught crabs in a bucket in a crab boat in a Thai Muslim fishing community in Pattani, Thailand. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A Thai Muslim girl walks past a Thai Buddhist monk on his morning rounds 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. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai soldiers patrol downtown Pattani, Thailand on motorcycles. 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:  Children with their mother in traditional Muslim dress 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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  • Oct. 2, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The hand of a dead man sticks out from under the sheet before a volunteer from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation takes the man's corpse to the Bangkok morgue. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 1, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YOTHAPONG TAWATCHAI, a volunteer with Poh Teck Tung races through Bangkok city streets to answer a medical call. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Aug 10, 2009 -- CHANDLER, AZ: People, most opposed to health care reform, wave American flags during a town hall meeting on health care reform in Chandler, AZ. Rep. Jeff Flake, (R-AZ) hosted a "town hall" style meeting on health care reform at Basha High School in Chandler Monday. Flake, a conservative Republican, has opposed President Obama on many issues, like the stimulus and health care reform. Protestors who have shut down similar meetings hosted by Democrats, gave Flake a warm welome.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Aug. 8, 2009 -- SCOTTSDALE, AZ: DOTTIE KENNARD (RIGHT) from Peoria, AZ, and GREGORY WIRTH, from Scottsdale, protest against the Obama health care plan. Nearly 1,000 people opposed to the President Barack Obama's health care reform efforts picketed the offices of Congresman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) in Scottsdale, AZ, Saturday. The protest was organized by conservative groups who are organizing similar protests against President Obama across the US. Ostensibly concerned mostly with health care reform, it was also a protest against almost everything related to the Obama administration. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Aug. 8, 2009 -- SCOTTSDALE, AZ: GREGORY WIRTH, from Scottsdale, carries a sign equating President Obama with the "Joker" during a protest against the Obama health care plan. Nearly 1,000 people opposed to the President Barack Obama's health care reform efforts picketed the offices of Congresman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) in Scottsdale, AZ, Saturday. The protest was organized by conservative groups who are organizing similar protests against President Obama across the US. Ostensibly concerned mostly with health care reform, it was also a protest against almost everything related to the Obama administration. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 04 JULY 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ:  Rep. ED PASTOR (D-AZ), a member of the US House of Representatives, delivers the keynote speech at a naturalization ceremony in Phoenix, AZ, July 4. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, hosted the 21st annual "Fiesta of Independence" Saturday, July 4. More than 180 people from 58 countries took the US Oath of Citizenship and became naturalized US citizens. The ceremony was one of dozens of similar ceremonies held across the US this week. USCIS said more than 6,000 people were naturalized US citizens during the week.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 04 JULY 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: JAWAHER ABBAS, originally from the Sudan, becomes a US citizen at a naturalization ceremony in Phoenix, AZ, July 4. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, hosted the 21st annual "Fiesta of Independence" Saturday, July 4. More than 180 people from 58 countries took the US Oath of Citizenship and became naturalized US citizens. The ceremony was one of dozens of similar ceremonies held across the US this week. USCIS said more than 6,000 people were naturalized US citizens during the week.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Mar. 14, 2009 -- LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Statues of Buddha in a Buddhist shrine in the Pak Ou caves near Luang Prabang. The caves house thousands of Buddha statues and is one of the most important Buddhist sites in Laos. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Mar. 11, 2009 -- VIENTIANE, LAOS:  A man keeps the flies off of meat he is selling in a market in Vientiane, Laos. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Mar. 11, 2009 -- VIENTIANE, LAOS: A woman rides her bike down a residential street in Vientiane, Laos.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Mar. 9, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A meal vendor does business in the flower and produce market on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Every morning, flowers and produce from the provinces arrive in the market where they are bundled and sold at retail in Bangkok's consumer markets. Many of the flowers are sold in and around the Buddhist temples in Bangkok. People buy them as offerings or to "make merit." Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Mar. 8, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The "Blue Mountain Boys," a Thai bluegrass duo perform and sell CDs in the Chatuchak Weekend Market. The market covers an area of 35 acres with more than 15,000 shops and stalls. It has over 200,000 visitors each day it's open (Friday - Sunday), and they spend an estimated total of 30 million baht (approx US$750,000). The range of products on sale is extensive, and includes household accessories, handicrafts, religious artifacts, art, antiques, live animals (which unfortunately are frequently caged in cruel conditions), books, music, clothes, food, plants and flowers. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 23 February 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: PATRICIO ALDAVA, from Glendale, AZ, looks for a job at the Maricopa Workforce Connections office in Phoenix, AZ. Aldava said he is a plumber who used to work in the home construction industry and was laid off when the home building boom in Phoenix went bust. Maricopa Workforce Connections helps people find work and transition to new work environments. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment in Arizona increased from 3.9 percent in April 2008 to 6.9 percent in December 2008.    Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 23 February 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: NICOLE HALL, from Phoenix, right, meets with DARRYL TAYLOR, a Career Guidance Counselor, at the Maricopa Workforce Connections office in Phoenix, AZ. Hall said she's been out of work since October 2008 and is looking for a clerical position. Maricopa Workforce Connections helps people find work and transition to new work environments. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment in Arizona increased from 3.9 percent in April 2008 to 6.9 percent in December 2008.    Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 23 February 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: RICHARD ABRAMOWSKI, left, and ERNEST MAJEWSKI, both from Phoenix, use the computer lab at the Maricopa Workforce Connections office in Phoenix, AZ, to look for work. Abramowski said he's been out of work since May 2008 and that he hasn't even been able to get an interview in that time, "I'm looking for anything, but you go to an opening and there are 500 people in line for one job." Maricopa Workforce Connections helps people find work and transition to new work environments. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment in Arizona increased from 3.9 percent in April 2008 to 6.9 percent in December 2008.    Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Feb 14, 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: About 1,000 people from across Arizona came to the State Capitol Saturday, Feb 14, to rally in favor of state funding for public schools and against budget cuts planned by the Arizona State Legislature. Arizona ranks 49th out of 50 states in per capita spending on public schools. Arizona is facing a massive budget deficit and legislators are expected to cut many state services, including public schools, to balance the budget.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Feb 14, 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: STELLA GARCIA, left, fro Phoenix, and JEAN STEPHENSON, also from Phoenix, use signs as sun shields during an education rally Saturday. About 1,000 people from across Arizona came to the State Capitol Saturday, Feb 14, to rally in favor of state funding for public schools and against budget cuts planned by the Arizona State Legislature. Arizona ranks 49th out of 50 states in per capita spending on public schools. Arizona is facing a massive budget deficit and legislators are expected to cut many state services, including public schools, to balance the budget.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Feb 2, 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: People cheer for the Arizona Cardinals as they arrive back in Phoenix. More than 4,000 people came to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix to welcome home the Arizona Cardinals, the city's NFL team. The Cardinals lost the Superbowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers 27 - 23.   Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Feb 2, 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A girl holds a football she hoped to get autographed at a rally to greet the Arizona Cardinals. More than 4,000 people came to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix to welcome home the Arizona Cardinals, the city's NFL team. The Cardinals lost the Superbowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers 27 - 23.   Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Jan. 12, 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Governor JANET NAPOLITANO delivers her State of the State speech in the Arizona House of Representatives chambers Monday. It is her last State of the State speech. She has been nominated by Persident Elect Barack Obama to be the Secretary of Homeland Security, she delivered her last State of the State Monday. She leaves for Washington DC Tuesday, Jan 13 and is expected to be confirmed by the US Senate Jan 20. She will resign as Governor after she is approved by the Senate. Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Pallbearers carry the coffin of "free speech" to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting in Phoenix Monday. About 200 people from several Phoenix area civil rights groups held a mock "funeral" for civil rights in Phoenix Monday to protest actions taken by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors recent decisions that limit protestors' ability to speak out against Sheriff Joe Arpiao during Board of Supervisors meetings. The protestors have been attending meetings to protest the Sheriff's series of anti-immigrant sweeps in Latino neighborhoods of Phoenix. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2009 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Pallbearers carry the coffin of "free speech" to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting in Phoenix Monday. About 200 people from several Phoenix area civil rights groups held a mock "funeral" for civil rights in Phoenix Monday to protest actions taken by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors recent decisions that limit protestors' ability to speak out against Sheriff Joe Arpiao during Board of Supervisors meetings. The protestors have been attending meetings to protest the Sheriff's series of anti-immigrant sweeps in Latino neighborhoods of Phoenix. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 DECEMBER 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Palestinian-American boys at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Phoenix, AZ, Tuesday. About 200 people from a variety of human rights and peace activists organizations in Phoenix, AZ, marched in opposition to the Israeli attacks on Gaza and in favor of Palestinian rights on Tuesday, the fourth day of Israeli air strikes on Hamas facilities in Gaza. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 DECEMBER 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: LIZ HOURICAN, from Phoenix, a member of Code Pink, marches in support of Palestinian rights in Phoenix Tuesday. About 200 people from a variety of human rights and peace activists organizations in Phoenix, AZ, marched in opposition to the Israeli attacks on Gaza and in favor of Palestinian rights on Tuesday, the fourth day of Israeli air strikes on Hamas facilities in Gaza. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 28 DECEMBER 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A passenger looks up the line while he waits for a train to pull into station in central Phoenix. The new Metro Light Rail is 20 miles long and cost $1.4 billion dollars. Construction was funded by local, state and federal monies. The trains will operate on one line through Phoenix and the suburban communities of Tempe and Mesa. The trains started running Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 and will be free until Jan. 1, 2009. The regular fare will be $1.25 for one ride or $2.50 for an all day pass.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 DECEMBER 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: AIDS activists in Phoenix hold a portion of the AIDS ribbon they created in a Phoenix park Monday. AIDS activists in Phoenix made the world's largest AIDS Ribbon to mark World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. According to Guinness  World Records, the previous largest AIDS ribbon measured 43 feet long. The ribbon created the Phoenix activists was more than 330 feet long. They plan to submit their ribbon to the Guinness Book of World Records.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Pres
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  • 27 NOVEMBER 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Children eat their pancakes at a McDonald's in Phoenix, AZ, on Thanksgiving Day. The McDonald's restaurant, in an economically disadvantaged section of Phoenix, has been serving free breakfasts on Thanksgiving for 15 years. Thousands of people stand in line for hours for pancakes, milk and orange juice. This year, more than 3,000 people came to the breakfast. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano was the featured guest. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 08 AUGUST 2007 -- ISTANBUL, TURKEY: A Turkish man in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul, a city of about 14 million people, and the largest city in Turkey, straddles the Bosphorus Straits between Europe and Asia. It is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was once the center of the Eastern Roman Empire and was called Constantinople, named after the Roman Emperor Constantine. In 1453, Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, captured the city and made it the center of the Ottoman Turkish Empire until World War I. After the war, the Ottoman Empire was dissolved and modern Turkey created. The capitol was moved to Ankara but Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) has remained the largest, most diverse city in Turkey.    Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 03 AUGUST 2007 -- BERN, SWITZERLAND: Fruit for sale in a public market in Bern, the federal capital of Switzerland. The city was founded in the 12th century by Berchtold V, Duke of Zahringen, who established a fort on the site of the present day city. Because of its well maintained downtown core, preserved arcades and fountains, Bern is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 28 MAY 2007 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Vietnamese veterans who fought with Americans during the war in Vietnam march in the honor guard during the Memorial Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ, Monday.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • November 10, 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ:  About 250 people attended a candle light vigil in support of gay rights and gay marriage in Phoenix, AZ, Monday night. The rally, like similar ones in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, were in response to anti-gay marriage and anti-gay rights initiatives that were passed by the voters in Arizona, California and Florida. The anti-gay initiatives in Arizona and California were funded by conservative churches, including the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers go through garbage in the dump in Mae Sot, Thailand. Hundreds of Burmese migrants eke out a living in the dump going through the garbage to sell what they find. There are millions of Burmese migrant workers and refugees living in Thailand. Many live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, but most live in Thailand as illegal immigrants. They don't have papers and can not live, work or travel in Thailand but they do so "under the radar" by either avoiding Thai officials or paying bribes to stay in the country. Most have fled political persecution in Burma but many are simply in search of a better life and greater economic opportunity.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 02 JULY 2006 - UDONG, CAMBODIA: A woman grills frogs for customers at a picnic area in Udong, Cambodia. Grilled frogs are a Cambodian delicacy. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 31 OCTOBER 2008 -- SCOTTSDALE, AZ: People wait to receive their ballots for early voting in Scottsdale, AZ. More than 350 people were in line by 9:30 AM Friday to cast ballots in Scottsdale, Arizona. Arizona's early voting period lasted only three days, from Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Friday Oct. 31. Lines were long at all of the early voting locations in the Phoenix suburbs. In Scottsdale, people waited six hours to vote. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 02 JULY 2006 - UDONG, CAMBODIA: Young Buddhist monks in the doorway of their dormitory during a ceremony to mark young men and boys becoming monks at a small monastery near Udong, Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A brick factory worker stacks unbaked bricks in a kiln in a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The bricks will bake in the kiln, which is fired by wood from an old rubber plantation, for seven days. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 26 JUNE 2006 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A tourist pays his bill while a Buddhist monk uses a computer in an internet cafe near the main market in Siem Reap, Cambodia, site of the world famous Angkor Wat. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A "tuk-tuk" (three wheel taxi) goes through the market in the Chinatown section of Bangkok, Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 18 MAY 2008 -- MARICOPA, AZ: Hindu holy men bless a deity that represents the solar system during the dedication of the new Hindu temple in Maricopa, AZ, Sunday. More than 3,000 Hindus from Arizona, southern California and New Mexico came to Maricopa, AZ, a small town in the desert about 50 miles south of Phoenix, for the dedication of the Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona. It is the first Hindu temple in Arizona designed according to ancient South Indian Hindu architectural guides. Craftsmen from India came to Maricopa to complete the interior details of the temple. The dedication ceremonies lasted three days.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 18 MAY 2008 -- MARICOPA, AZ: Hindu holy men pray during the dedication of the new Hindu temple in Maricopa, AZ, Sunday. More than 3,000 Hindus from Arizona, southern California and New Mexico came to Maricopa, AZ, a small town in the desert about 50 miles south of Phoenix, for the dedication of the Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona. It is the first Hindu temple in Arizona designed according to ancient South Indian Hindu architectural guides. Craftsmen from India came to Maricopa to complete the interior details of the temple. The dedication ceremonies lasted three days.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 18 MAY 2008 -- MARICOPA, AZ: Musicians play as people process into the temple during the dedication of the new Hindu temple in Maricopa, AZ, Sunday. More than 3,000 Hindus from Arizona, southern California and New Mexico came to Maricopa, AZ, a small town in the desert about 50 miles south of Phoenix, for the dedication of the Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona. It is the first Hindu temple in Arizona designed according to ancient South Indian Hindu architectural guides. Craftsmen from India came to Maricopa to complete the interior details of the temple. The dedication ceremonies lasted three days.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • June 02, 2008 - Queen Creek, AZ: A home for sale on 191st Dr in Queen Creek, AZ. Queen Creek, on the fringe of the Phoenix metropolitan area has been hit hard by the subprime mortgage meltdown and collapse of the housing market. The town is being forced to slash its budget and scale back on development plans. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 10 MARCH 2006 - TAY NINH, VIETNAM: Noon services at the Cao Dai main temple in Tay Ninh (formely Saigon) Vietnam. The Cao Dai complex in Tay Ninh is the sect's headquarters. The Cao Dai religion is a blending of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam. There "saints"  include Chinese leader Sun Yat Sen and French author Victor Hugo. There are about two million members of the Cao Dai religion in Vietnam. British author Graham Greene, who wrote about the Cao Dai in the "The Quiet American" said the relegion was "a Walt Disney fantasia of the East." Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 10 MARCH 2006 - TAY NINH, VIETNAM: Noon Services at the main Cao Dai temple in Tay Ninh, Vietnam. The Cao Dai complex in Tay Ninh is the sect's headquarters. The Cao Dai religion is a blending of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam. There "saints"  include Chinese leader Sun Yat Sen and French author Victor Hugo. There are about two million members of the Cao Dai religion in Vietnam. British author Graham Greene, who wrote about the Cao Dai in the "The Quiet American" said the relegion was "a Walt Disney fantasia of the East." The Cao Dai pray four times a day - midnight, 6AM, noon, 6PM.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: A barber works on a street in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. With an unofficial population of nearly 10 million (the official population is 6 million) business is done anywhere a businessperson can find space to do it, including the sidewalk. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2007 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A Song Airlines flight lands at Sky Harbor Airport. Sky Harbor International Airport is on the edge of downtown Phoenix, in the middle of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is one of the largest airports in the country with more than 1,400 flights daily. The airport's proximity to downtown though, less than five miles from the city center, is both a blessing and a curse. It takes about 15 minutes to get to the airport from downtown, but a proposed 510 foot tall building proposed in downtown, near the airport flight path, has raised safety concerns. The Federal Aviation Administration wants the development capped at 355 feet. Similar concerns about a proposed football stadium in Tempe, which borders the east side of the airport, scuttled that project and led to the stadium being built in Glendale, about 30 miles from the airport. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A girl in a hammock on the Phnom Penh - Battambang passenger train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A vendor grills corn while a freight train pulls through the yards in the Phnom Penh train station. Hundreds of people live in the train station, some in abandoned train cars, others in small shacks near the tracks. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 29 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman sells baked goods from her van/bakery shop parked on Sisowath Quay, the main riverside boulevard in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 26 JUNE 2006 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A Cham woman cuts meat in the main market in Siem Reap, Cambodia, site of the world famous Angkor Wat. The Cham are an ethnic minority in Cambodia who are predominantly Muslim. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 19 MARCH 2006 - SIEM REAP, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: The north wall of the main Angkor Wat complex near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Cambodian authorities estimate that more than one million tourists will visit Angkor Wat in 2006, making it the leading tourist attraction in Cambodia by a large margin.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 19 MARCH 2006 - SIEM REAP, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A horse cart goes by the Bayon temple in the Angkor Wat complex. The Bayon is a part of the Angkor Thom complex within Angkor Wat and was built in the 12 century by Buddhists.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 19 MARCH 2006 - SIEM REAP, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: The Preah Khan temple complex within the environs of the Angkor Wat complex. Preah Khan, an 11th century temple built in the Buddhist tradition, is one of the outer temples of the Angkor complex and has not been restored like many of the temples in the Angkor complex.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 16 MARCH 2006 - KAMPONG CHAM, KAMPONG CHAM, CAMBODIA: Harvesting rice by hand using a scythe to cut the rice stalks near the city of Kampong Cham on the Mekong River in central Cambodia. Almost every part of the rice plant is used in Vietnam and Cambodia. The rice grains are eaten, the stalks are fed to livestock as hay and the husks are burned for fuel. The ash from the husks is then used as fertilizer in the paddies. Rice in this part of Cambodia is still cut by hand. In Vietnam and Thailand, which are larger rice exporters, rice is cut by mechanical harvesters are large industrial farms. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 15 MARCH 2006 - CHONG KOH, KANDAL, CAMBODIA: A motorcycle hauling freshly cut sorghum drives through Chong Koh, a village on the Mekong River in central Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 14 MARCH 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman sells live poultry at the pasr char or Old Market in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodians, like many in developing world, do their food shopping every day because most people lack reliable modern refrigeration. Many Asian countries have eliminated or reduced the sale of live poultry because of the H5N1 "bird flu" virus that started in Asia and has spread around the world. Cambodia, which does not have a large poultry industry, still permits the sale of live chickens in the markets.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 14 MARCH 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman watches a small bird she released fly away at a small pagoda in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The pagoda serves as the "spirit house" of the palace. The Cambodians (and Thais) build small spirit houses, which have great religious significance, in front of the homes and usually businesses. They pray at the spirit homes and frequently leave small offerings of fruit and small change in them. The spirit house for the Palace has become a public shrine and there are usually people there praying, leaving donations and lighting incense. People frequently small birds near temples and pagodas as a way of increasing their good kharma. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 14 MARCH 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The Royal Palace, home of the Cambodian Monarchy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 14 APRIL 2007 -- PHOENIX, AZ: A dog in a green frilly collar at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Phoenix, AZ. Thousands of people attended the annual event. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 12 MARCH 2007 -- PHOENIX, AZ: CARALAMPIA PINTO and a coworker sort recyclable paper products at the new recycling center in the city of Phoenix, AZ. The center opened in February 2007 and is the most modern recyclables processing center in the US. The center is operated by Hudson Baylor Corporation and processes about 1000 tonnes of recyclables a week.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 12 MARCH 2007 -- PHOENIX, AZ: PEDRO ROMERO sorts recyclables from non recyclables at the new recycling center in the city of Phoenix, AZ. The center opened in February 2007 and is the most modern recyclables processing center in the US. The center is operated by Hudson Baylor Corporation and processes about 1000 tonnes of recyclables a week.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 12 MARCH 2007 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Hudson Baylor employees sort recyclables at the new recycling center in the city of Phoenix, AZ. The center opened in February 2007 and is the most modern recyclables  processing center in the US. The center is operated by Hudson Baylor Corporation and processes about 1000 tonnes of recyclables a week.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 11 MARCH 2007 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Members of the Kah-Yah Korean Traditional Dance Academy, from Los Angeles, perform at the Korean Arirang Festival in Phoenix, AZ, Sunday. Arirang is a traditional Korean folk song and is also the name the South Korean overseas broadcast service. The Arirang festival in Phoenix is a celebration of Korean culture. The event is sponsored by the Korean Cultural Center in Arizona.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2007 -- TEMPE, AZ: CONGRESSMAN ED PASTOR (D-AZ) during an appearance at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ., Monday. Pastor appeared with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressmen Raul Grijalva and Harry Mitchell, from Arizona, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, from California. They spent about an hour talking to ASU students about the Democrats' plans to improve college affordability and reduce the interest rates on student loans.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 20 SEPTEMBER 2006 - NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: St. Louis Cathedral on Jackson Square in New Orleans, LA.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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