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  • 23 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Workers pour concrete on a construction site in Bangkok. Thailand entered a “technical” recession this month after the economy shrank by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year. The 0.3% contraction in gross domestic product between April and June followed a previous fall of 1.7% during the first quarter of 2013. The contraction is being blamed on a drop in demand for exports, a drop in domestic demand and a loss of consumer confidence. At the same time, the value of the Thai Baht against the US Dollar has dropped significantly, from a high of about 28Baht to $1 in April to 32THB to 1USD in August.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A concrete causeway connect Wat Samutchine with the village of Khun Samutchine. There are gaps in the causeway that local people have spanned with planks. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A concrete causeway connect Wat Samutchine with the village of Khun Samutchine. There are gaps in the causeway that local people have spanned with planks. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 AUGUST 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: City workers take apart a concrete post in Pom Mahakan. Bangkok city officials this week started cleaning up the area around cremation site for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. Work started by cleaning Pom Mahakan, a historic fort about two kilometers northeast of the cremation site. They are going to scrub and paint the fort's historic exterior walls, which were built in the late 18th century. The King, who died on 13 October 2016, will be cremated on 26 October 2017.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 AUGUST 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: City workers take apart a concrete post in Pom Mahakan. Bangkok city officials this week started cleaning up the area around cremation site for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. Work started by cleaning Pom Mahakan, a historic fort about two kilometers northeast of the cremation site. They are going to scrub and paint the fort's historic exterior walls, which were built in the late 18th century. The King, who died on 13 October 2016, will be cremated on 26 October 2017.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PomMahakanCleanup003.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue reflected in a rain puddle at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples022.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples020.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples017.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples016.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples015.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples011.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples014.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Statues of roosters left as offerings at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is home of the largest Buddha statue in Thailand. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples007.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples003.jpg
  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province as seen from the highway near the temple. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngThongTemples002.jpg
  • 07 APRIL 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A homemade sign on a 200 year old home in Mahakan Fort. The home, one of the original homes in the squatters' community in the fort, was built without nails using a wedging technique. The concrete base was added a few years ago. Mahakan Fort was built in 1783 during the reign of Siamese King Rama I. It was one of 14 fortresses designed to protect Bangkok from foreign invaders, and only of two remaining, the others have been torn down. A community developed in the fort when people started building houses and moving into it during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). The land was expropriated by Bangkok city government in 1992, but the people living in the fort refused to move. In 2004 courts ruled against the residents and said the city could take the land. The final eviction notices were posted last week and the residents given until April 30 to move out. After that their homes, some of which are nearly 200 years old, will be destroyed.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A child walks past a 200 year old home in Mahakan Fort. The home, one of the original homes in the squatters' community in the fort, was built without nails using a wedging technique. The concrete base was added a few years ago. Mahakan Fort was built in 1783 during the reign of Siamese King Rama I. It was one of 14 fortresses designed to protect Bangkok from foreign invaders, and only of two remaining, the others have been torn down. A community developed in the fort when people started building houses and moving into it during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). The land was expropriated by Bangkok city government in 1992, but the people living in the fort refused to move. In 2004 courts ruled against the residents and said the city could take the land. The final eviction notices were posted last week and the residents given until April 30 to move out. After that their homes, some of which are nearly 200 years old, will be destroyed.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MahakanFortEvictions006.jpg
  • 21 APRIL 2014 - CHIANG SAEN, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND: Burmese laborers load a shipment of computer parts made in Thailand onto a Laotian flagged river boat for shipment to China in the commercial port in Chiang Saen, Thailand. Water levels in the port are at near record lows. Normally the water is near the top of the concrete wall, but currently it's almost 15 feet below that. Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand is facing a drought this year. The 2014 drought has been brought on by lower than normal dry season rains. At the same time, closing dams in Yunnan province of China has caused the level of the Mekong River to drop suddenly exposing rocks and sandbars in the normally navigable Mekong River. Changes in the Mekong's levels means commercial shipping can't progress past Chiang Saen. Dozens of ships are tied up in the port area along the city's waterfront.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 APRIL 2014 - CHIANG SAEN, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND: A shipment of computer parts made in Thailand is loaded onto a Laotian flagged river boat for shipment to China in the commercial port in Chiang Saen, Thailand. Water levels in the port are at near record lows. Normally the water is near the top of the concrete wall, but currently it's almost 15 feet below that. Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand is facing a drought this year. The 2014 drought has been brought on by lower than normal dry season rains. At the same time, closing dams in Yunnan province of China has caused the level of the Mekong River to drop suddenly exposing rocks and sandbars in the normally navigable Mekong River. Changes in the Mekong's levels means commercial shipping can't progress past Chiang Saen. Dozens of ships are tied up in the port area along the city's waterfront.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChiangRaiDrought006.jpg
  • 21 APRIL 2014 - CHIANG SAEN, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND: A shipment of computer parts made in Thailand is loaded onto a Laotian flagged river boat for shipment to China in the commercial port in Chiang Saen, Thailand. Water levels in the port are at near record lows. Normally the water is near the top of the concrete wall, but currently it's almost 15 feet below that. Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand is facing a drought this year. The 2014 drought has been brought on by lower than normal dry season rains. At the same time, closing dams in Yunnan province of China has caused the level of the Mekong River to drop suddenly exposing rocks and sandbars in the normally navigable Mekong River. Changes in the Mekong's levels means commercial shipping can't progress past Chiang Saen. Dozens of ships are tied up in the port area along the city's waterfront.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChiangRaiDrought002.jpg
  • 28 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Construction workers take apart a concrete wall in front of a school on Sukhumvit Soi 22 in Bangkok. The wall was being torn down to make way for a new wall.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman walks past graffiti on the side of concrete wall near the Ratchathewi BTS stop on Phaya Thai in Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers swinging on ropes caulk seams in an exterior concrete wall at a residential condominium project on Th Phaya Thai near the intersection with Phetchaburi Rd. in Bangkok. The global economic slowdown had little visible effect in Bangkok. Construction projects dot the city of 12 million and development continues unabated.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers swinging on ropes caulk seams in an exterior concrete wall at a residential condominium project on Th Phaya Thai near the intersection with Phetchaburi Rd. in Bangkok. The global economic slowdown had little visible effect in Bangkok. Construction projects dot the city of 12 million and development continues unabated.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction012.jpg
  • 16 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers swinging on ropes caulk seams in an exterior concrete wall at a residential condominium project on Th Phaya Thai near the intersection with Phetchaburi Rd. in Bangkok. The global economic slowdown had little visible effect in Bangkok. Construction projects dot the city of 12 million and development continues unabated.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction011.jpg
  • 16 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker on scaffolding seals a seam in a concrete wall at a residential condominium project on Th Phaya Thai near the intersection with Phetchaburi Rd. in Bangkok. The global economic slowdown had little visible effect in Bangkok. Construction projects dot the city of 12 million and development continues unabated.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction007.jpg
  • 16 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker on scaffolding seals a seam in a concrete wall at a residential condominium project on Th Phaya Thai near the intersection with Phetchaburi Rd. in Bangkok. The global economic slowdown had little visible effect in Bangkok. Construction projects dot the city of 12 million and development continues unabated.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction006.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2006 - MY THO, VIETNAM: A barge hauling sand in My Tho, the capitol of Tien Giang province, on the Mekong River delta in Vietnam. Sand from the delta is used in concrete and cement and is fueling the construction boom in nearby Ho Chi Minh City. 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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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A Thai woman shakes fortune telling sticks in a Chinese shrine in Khun Samutchine. The Chinese shrine was moved and rebuilt in the new village when sea water overtook the old one, but the Buddhist temple is now 2 kilometers away and completely surrounded by sea water. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A plank spans a wooden walkway that leads out of Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A boy eats a watermelon in his home in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A man and his son walk along the causeway between homes in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Monks in their living quarters at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A monk at Wat Samutchine works on rebar that will be used to make a sea wall to protect the temple. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, walks back to the monk's quarters at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, in the prayer hall at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, at Wat Samutchine, ducks to enter the prayer hall at the temple. Members of the temple raised the floor inside the temple by about six meet so they could continue to use it. The lower half of the temple is completely underwater. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, at Wat Samutchine, walks across a cement bridge to the prayer hall at the temple. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A breakfront meant to protect the Wat Samutchine at Khun Samutchine is nearly underwater. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A boat cuts through the canals and mangroves near Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JUNE 2006 - SAN LUIS, AZ: Pfc Thomas Carter, left, and Pfc. Josh Richard, lift a concrete form out of a trench on a fence line on the US/Mexico border. Fifty five members of the 116th Engineer Company, Combat Support Engineers, of the Utah Army National Guard are in San Luis, AZ, to build a fence and improve roads east of the San Luis Port of Entry on the US/Mexico border. The unit is the first of an estimated 6,000 US military personnel, almost all of them Army National Guard, who will be dispatched to the US/Mexico border by President Bush to help control immigration on the border. The Guardsmen will primarily build roads and fence and staff surveillance centers. They will not be engaged in first line law enforcement work.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 JUNE 2006 - SAN LUIS, AZ: Pfc Thomas Carter, left, and Pfc. Josh Richard, lift a concrete form out of a trench on a fence line on the US/Mexico border. Fifty five members of the 116th Engineer Company, Combat Support Engineers, of the Utah Army National Guard are in San Luis, AZ, to build a fence and improve roads east of the San Luis Port of Entry on the US/Mexico border. The unit is the first of an estimated 6,000 US military personnel, almost all of them Army National Guard, who will be dispatched to the US/Mexico border by President Bush to help control immigration on the border. The Guardsmen will primarily build roads and fence and staff surveillance centers. They will not be engaged in first line law enforcement work.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue reflected in a rain puddle at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: Visions of Thai hell in the sculpture garden at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The temple is renowned for its huge Buddha statue which stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold, and its garden of smaller statues, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: People pray at a fingernail of the big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: People pray at a fingernail of the big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: People pray at a fingernail of the big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: People pray at a fingernail of the big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2017 - HUA TAPHON, ANG THONG, THAILAND: The big Buddha statue at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province as seen from the highway near the temple. The statue stands 92 m (300 ft) high, and is 63 m (210 ft) wide. Construction started in 1990, and completed in 2008. It is made of concrete and painted gold. It is the largest statue in Thailand and one of the largest statues in the world. The temple is renowned for the Buddha statue and its statue garden, which represents the Thai version of a hellish afterlife.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A resident of Pom Mahakan moves a concrete bench in the old fort. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A 200 year old home in Mahakan Fort. The home, one of the original homes in the squatters' community in the fort, was built without nails using a wedging technique. The concrete base was added a few years ago. Mahakan Fort was built in 1783 during the reign of Siamese King Rama I. It was one of 14 fortresses designed to protect Bangkok from foreign invaders, and only of two remaining, the others have been torn down. A community developed in the fort when people started building houses and moving into it during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). The land was expropriated by Bangkok city government in 1992, but the people living in the fort refused to move. In 2004 courts ruled against the residents and said the city could take the land. The final eviction notices were posted last week and the residents given until April 30 to move out. After that their homes, some of which are nearly 200 years old, will be destroyed.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman walks past a 200 year old home in Mahakan Fort. The home, one of the original homes in the squatters' community in the fort, was built without nails using a wedging technique. The concrete base was added a few years ago. Mahakan Fort was built in 1783 during the reign of Siamese King Rama I. It was one of 14 fortresses designed to protect Bangkok from foreign invaders, and only of two remaining, the others have been torn down. A community developed in the fort when people started building houses and moving into it during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). The land was expropriated by Bangkok city government in 1992, but the people living in the fort refused to move. In 2004 courts ruled against the residents and said the city could take the land. The final eviction notices were posted last week and the residents given until April 30 to move out. After that their homes, some of which are nearly 200 years old, will be destroyed.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 APRIL 2014 - CHIANG SAEN, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND: A shipment of computer parts made in Thailand is loaded onto a Laotian flagged river boat for shipment to China in the commercial port in Chiang Saen, Thailand. Water levels in the port are at near record lows. Normally the water is near the top of the concrete wall, but currently it's almost 15 feet below that. Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand is facing a drought this year. The 2014 drought has been brought on by lower than normal dry season rains. At the same time, closing dams in Yunnan province of China has caused the level of the Mekong River to drop suddenly exposing rocks and sandbars in the normally navigable Mekong River. Changes in the Mekong's levels means commercial shipping can't progress past Chiang Saen. Dozens of ships are tied up in the port area along the city's waterfront.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai riot police stand behind concrete barricades while they guard Government House from anti-government rioters. Anti-government protestors and Thai police continued to face off Monday for a second day. Police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets against protestors who charged their positions near the barriers on Chamai Maruchet bridge on Phitsanulok Road, which leads to the Government House.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti-government protestor in his underwear takes cover behind a concrete barricade while he uses a fire extinguisher against Thai riot police. Thousands of anti-government Thais confronted riot police at Phanitchayakan Intersection, where Rama V and Phitsanoluk Roads intersect, next to Government House (the office of the Prime Minister). Protestors threw rocks, cherry bombs, small explosives and Molotov cocktails at police who responded with waves of tear gas and chemical dispersal weapons. At least four people were killed at a university in suburban Bangkok when gangs of pro-government and anti-government demonstrators clashed. This is the most serious political violence in Thailand since 2010.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti-government protestor takes cover behind a concrete barricade while he uses a fire extinguisher against Thai riot police. Thousands of anti-government Thais confronted riot police at Phanitchayakan Intersection, where Rama V and Phitsanoluk Roads intersect, next to Government House (the office of the Prime Minister). Protestors threw rocks, cherry bombs, small explosives and Molotov cocktails at police who responded with waves of tear gas and chemical dispersal weapons. At least four people were killed at a university in suburban Bangkok when gangs of pro-government and anti-government demonstrators clashed. This is the most serious political violence in Thailand since 2010.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man sleeps on a concrete block on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Thailand's economic expansion since the 1970 has dramatically reduced both the amount of poverty and the severity of poverty in Thailand. At the same time, the gap between the very rich in Thailand and the very poor has grown so that income disparity is greater now than it was in 1970. Thailand scores .42 on the "Ginni Index" which measures income disparity on a scale of 0 (perfect income equality) to 1 (absolute inequality in which one person owns everything). Sweden has the best Ginni score (.23), Thailand's score is slightly better than the US score of .45.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man sleeps on a concrete block on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Thailand's economic expansion since the 1970 has dramatically reduced both the amount of poverty and the severity of poverty in Thailand. At the same time, the gap between the very rich in Thailand and the very poor has grown so that income disparity is greater now than it was in 1970. Thailand scores .42 on the "Ginni Index" which measures income disparity on a scale of 0 (perfect income equality) to 1 (absolute inequality in which one person owns everything). Sweden has the best Ginni score (.23), Thailand's score is slightly better than the US score of .45.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Construction workers take apart a concrete wall in front of a school on Sukhumvit Soi 22 in Bangkok. The wall was being torn down to make way for a new wall.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Construction workers take apart a concrete wall in front of a school on Sukhumvit Soi 22 in Bangkok. The wall was being torn down to make way for a new wall.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:  Old Chinese "shophouses" in Hat Yai. Most of these old buildings in Hat Yai have been torn down to make way for, relatively featureless, concrete block construction. Hat Yai is the largest city in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers swinging on ropes caulk seams in an exterior concrete wall at a residential condominium project on Th Phaya Thai near the intersection with Phetchaburi Rd. in Bangkok. The global economic slowdown had little visible effect in Bangkok. Construction projects dot the city of 12 million and development continues unabated.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A man carries a case of whiskey up from a river landing near Khun Samutchine. Merchandise and supplies for the village are brought by boat to this landing where they are transferred to a smaller boat and taken into the village. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A boy plays with a toy gun in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: SAMORN KHENGSAMUT is the head of the village of Khun Samutchine with some of the photos of the village she knew 30 years ago. She has made it her mission to let people know what is happening in the village. She said she has been forced to move eight times because of rising sea levels. She said, "It's (climate change and rising sea levels) here now but in a few years it will be in Bangkok. What will happen then?" Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: SAMORN KHENGSAMUT is the head of the village of Khun Samutchine with some of the photos of the village she knew 30 years ago. She has made it her mission to let people know what is happening in the village. She said she has been forced to move eight times because of rising sea levels. She said, "It's (climate change and rising sea levels) here now but in a few years it will be in Bangkok. What will happen then?" Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A woman walks home from after shopping at a small convenience stand in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A man talks to his son in front of their home in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A man and his son walk along the causeway between homes in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, walks along the sea wall that protects Wat Samutchine from the Gulf of Siam (in the background). Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, walks along the sea wall that protects Wat Samutchine from the Gulf of Siam (in the background). Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, in the prayer hall at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A hired boatman takes visitors to a landing near Khun Samutchine, Thailand. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JUNE 2006 - SAN LUIS, AZ: A Utah Army National Guard soldier walks on concrete forms used for the construction of a fence on the US/Mexico border. Fifty five members of the 116th Engineer Company, Combat Support Engineers, of the Utah Army National Guard are in San Luis, AZ, to build a fence and improve roads east of the San Luis Port of Entry on the US/Mexico border. The unit is the first of an estimated 6,000 US military personnel, almost all of them Army National Guard, who will be dispatched to the US/Mexico border by President Bush to help control immigration on the border. The Guardsmen will primarily build roads and fence and staff surveillance centers. They will not be engaged in first line law enforcement work.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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