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25 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese woman, a Roman Catholic of Indian ancestry, pumps water at a well in an unofficial village of Burmese refugees north of Mae Sot, Thailand. They live on a narrow strip of land about 200 meters deep and 400 meters long that juts into Thailand. The land is technically Burma but it is on the Thai side of the Moei River, which marks most of the border in this part of Thailand. The refugees, a mix of Buddhists and Christians, settled on the land years ago to avoid strife in Myanmar (Burma). For all practical purposes they live in Thailand. They shop in Thai markets and see their produce to Thai buyers. About 200 people live in thatched huts spread throughout the community. They're close enough to Mae Sot that some can work in town and Burmese merchants from Mae Sot come out to their village to do business with them. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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25 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese woman, a Roman Catholic of Indian ancestry, pumps water at a well in an unofficial village of Burmese refugees north of Mae Sot, Thailand. They live on a narrow strip of land about 200 meters deep and 400 meters long that juts into Thailand. The land is technically Burma but it is on the Thai side of the Moei River, which marks most of the border in this part of Thailand. The refugees, a mix of Buddhists and Christians, settled on the land years ago to avoid strife in Myanmar (Burma). For all practical purposes they live in Thailand. They shop in Thai markets and see their produce to Thai buyers. About 200 people live in thatched huts spread throughout the community. They're close enough to Mae Sot that some can work in town and Burmese merchants from Mae Sot come out to their village to do business with them. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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