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  • 13 JANUARY 2019 - NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: DHAMMAVANNA, a female monk at Wat Songdhammakalyani, leads other female monks through the community on their morning alms rounds. The Sangha Supreme Council, Thailand's governing body of Buddhist monks, bans the ordination of female monks, but hundreds of Thai women have gone abroad, mostly to Sri Lanka and India, to be ordained. There are about 270 women monks in Thailand and about 250,000 male monks. There are 7 monks and 6 novices at Wat Songdhammakalyani in Nakhon Pathom. It was the first temple in Thailand to have female monks. The temple opened 60 years ago and has always been a temple of women monks. Women can be ordained as novices in Thailand, but to be ordained as a full monk would require the participation of 10 female monks and 10 male monks, and male monks in Thailand are barred from participating in women's ordination ceremonies.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2019 - PHRA PRADAENG, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A worker drops the ramp on a motorcycle and vehicle ferry that crosses the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng, in the suburbs south of Bangkok. The use of vehicle ferries across the river has gone down as the government has built bridges to connect communities on both sides of the river. The Phra Pradaeng ferries are the busiest vehicle ferries in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Since the BTS Skytrain now comes close to the ferry, the number of commuters going into Bangkok that use the ferry has increased.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JANUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People wearing breathing masks because of air pollution over Bangkok walk through a subway station in central Bangkok. The Thai government has closed more than 400 schools for the rest of the week because of high levels of pollution in Bangkok. At one point Wednesday, Bangkok had the third highest level of air pollution in the world, only Delhi, India and Lahore, Pakistan were worst. The Thai government has suspended some government construction projects and ordered other projects to take dust abatement measures. Bangkok authorities have also sprayed water into the air in especially polluted intersections to control dust. Bangkok's AQI (Air Quality Index) Thursday morning was 180, which is considered unhealthy for all people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JANUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Morning smog over Bangkok, looking east from the Asok BTS Skytrain station. The Thai government has closed more than 400 schools for the rest of the week because of high levels of pollution in Bangkok. At one point Wednesday, Bangkok had the third highest level of air pollution in the world, only Delhi, India and Lahore, Pakistan were worst. The Thai government has suspended some government construction projects and ordered other projects to take dust abatement measures. Bangkok authorities have also sprayed water into the air in especially polluted intersections to control dust. Bangkok's AQI (Air Quality Index) Thursday morning was 180, which is considered unhealthy for all people.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People make Chinese New Year offerings at Wat Mangon Kamalawat, a large Chinese Buddhist temple in Bangkok's Chinatown. Chinese New Year celebrations in Bangkok started on February 4, 2019, although the city's official celebration is February 5 - 6. The coming year will be the Year of the Pig in the Chinese zodiac. About 14% of Thais are of Chinese ancestry and Lunar New Year, also called Chinese New Year or Tet is widely celebrated in Chinese communities in Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA: A Cambodian construction worker walks past a Chinese tourist running down the beach near the Blue Bay resort development. Blue Bay is a Chinese casino and resort being built in Sihanoukville. There are about 50 Chinese casinos and resort hotels either open or under construction in Sihanoukville. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA:  A Cambodian worker at the MGM Casino buys food from a street vendor after her shift. The MGM is a Chinese owned casino. There are about 80 Chinese casinos and resort hotels open in Sihanoukville and dozens more under construction. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA:  Children prevent alms to a Buddhist monk in a migrant camp in Sihanoukville. Families who live in the shanty town came to Sihanoukville from other Cambodian provinces because of the town's booming economy and construction industry building Chinese resorts and casinos. There are about 80 Chinese casinos and resort hotels open in Sihanoukville and dozens more under construction. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA: A Chinese construction worker jumps out of a tuk-tuk that shuttles workers from their housing to the job site. There are about 80 Chinese casinos and resort hotels open in Sihanoukville and dozens more under construction. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 FEBRUARY 2019 - BAN LAEM, PHETCHABURI, THAILAND: Salt workers meet for their assignments on one of the first days of the 2019 salt harvest in Ban Laem, Thailand. Ban Laem's salt fields are expanding because salt harvesters in Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram,  which are closer to Bangkok, are moving to Ban Laem as their land is turned into industrial parks.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 FEBRUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Sikh men eat during the morning "Langar" (communal meal) at the Gurdwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha. The Gurdwara serves about 500 free meals Monday through Saturday and about 1,000 free meals on Sundays. Although Sikhs are not vegetarians, the Langar meals are vegetarian so anyone can them without violating a religious edict on diet. The meals are free for anyone who walks into the Gurdwara, regardless of their religion or nationality. The Gurdwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha in Bangkok is one of the largest Sikh Gurdwaras (temples) outside of India. It is in Bangkok's "Little India" neighborhood, next to Chinatown. Construction on the Gurdwara started in 1979 and finished in 1981.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tattoo on the back of a woman who works in a bar of Soi Cowboy in Bangkok. Bangkok, a city of about 14 million, is famous for its raucous nightlife. But Bangkok's real nightlife is seen in its markets and street stalls, many of which are open through the night.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A porter in the Bangkok flower market, lays on his handtruck while he checks his smart phone while he waits for customers. Bangkok, a city of about 14 million, is famous for its raucous nightlife. But Bangkok's real nightlife is seen in its markets and street stalls, many of which are open through the night.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Chinese tourists in a parking ramp take selfies with their smart phones of the Ratchada Night Market and Bangkok skyline. The Ratchada Night Market is the newest night market in Bangkok. It was originally a small night market popular with local people but now is tourism destination. Most nights the market is jammed with foreign tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  There are about 300,000 Catholics in Thailand in about 430 Catholic parishes and about 660 Catholic priests in Thailand. Thais are tolerant of other religions and although Thailand is officially Buddhist, Catholics are allowed to freely practice and people who convert to Catholicism are not discriminated against.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The sunsets on Wat Arun. Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan or Wat Arun ("Temple of Dawn") is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. The temple derives its name from the Hindu god Aruna, who is personified as the rising sun. Wat Arun is among the best known of Thailand's temples. The temple has existed since at least the seventeenth century, but its distinctive prang (spires) were built in the Khmer style in the early nineteenth century during the reign of King Rama II.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2019 - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, USA: Muslim women at Dar al Farooq Center in Bloomington. An interdenominational crowd of about 1,000 people came to the center to protest white supremacy and religious intolerance and to support Muslims in New Zealand who were massacred by a white supremacist Friday. The Twin Cities has a large Muslim community following decades of Somali immigration to Minnesota. There are about 45,000 people of Somali descent in the Twin Cities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2019 - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, USA: Congresswoman ILHAM OMAR (D-MN) poses for "selfies" with people from her district at Dar al Farooq Center in Bloomington. She is the first Somali-American elected to congress. An interdenominational crowd of about 1,000 people came to the center to protest white supremacy and religious intolerance and to support Muslims in New Zealand who were massacred by a white supremacist Friday. The Twin Cities has a large Muslim community following decades of Somali immigration to Minnesota. There are about 45,000 people of Somali descent in the Twin Cities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 AUGUST 2019 - PROLE, IOWA: Former Vice President JOE BIDEN waits to take the stage during a campaign appearance. Vice President Biden is campaigning in Iowa to be the Democratic nominee for the US Presidency. He spoke to about 200 people in Prole Tuesday afternoon. Iowa traditionally hosts the first event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa caucuses are Feb. 3, 2020.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Former Vice President JOE BIDEN works the rope line after making a speech at a campaign event in Des Moines Saturday. Vice President Biden announced that Tom Vilsack, the former Democratic governor of Iowa, endorsed him. Biden and Vilsack appeared with their wives at an event in Des Moines. Iowa hosts the first presidential selection event of the 2020 election cycle. The Iowa caucuses are on February 3, 2020.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Senator KAMALA HARRIS, (D-CA) waits to speak at a house party meet and greet for her presidential campaign in Des Moines.  Sen Harris is one of the leading candidates to be Democratic nominee for the US Presidency. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first election event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 APRIL 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  Supporters of Pete Buttigieg try to block a heckler shouting homophobic slurs during a campaign rally in Des Moines for Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. "Mayor Pete," as he goes by, declared his candidacy to be the Democratic nominee for the US Presidency on April 14. About 1,000 people attended his first rally in Iowa since officially declaring his candidacy. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first selection event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 APRIL 2019 - HARLAN, IOWA: US Senator KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND sits in her car after a campaign event in Harlan, a rural Iowa town. Gillibrand is campaigning in western Iowa Friday to support her candidacy to be the Democratic nominee for the US presidency in the 2020 election. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first selection event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 NOVEMBER 2019 - WAVERLY, IOWA: US Senator ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA) peers through the doors of the student center at Wartburg College before her campaign appearance at the college. Sen. Warren campaigned at Wartburg College in Waverly Saturday afternoon. She is running to be the Democratic candidate for the US Presidency in the 2020 election. Iowa hosts the first selection event of the presidential election season. The Iowa caucuses are February 3, 2020.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 APRIL 2019 - CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA: US Sen. ELIZABETH WARREN (D MA) gives a campaign speech at the Linn Phoenix Club in Cedar Rapids. The Linn Phoenix Club is an organization that promotes Democratic candidates in Linn County, Iowa. Sen. Warren is campaigning in eastern Iowa Thursday night and Friday to promote her bid to the Democratic candidate for the US Presidency. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first selection event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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