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  • 01 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:  Women walk by men drinking beer at a sidewalk cafe and beer bar in Hanoi, Vietnam. Beer, called "bia" in Vietnamese, costs about .20¢ US per glass at the sidewalk beer bars.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais sit in front of their home and drink just before the New Year in the Chinatown area of Bangkok, Thailand. The front of the home was decorated with a mural of Disney characters.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais sit in front of their home and drink just before the New Year in the Chinatown area of Bangkok, Thailand. The front of the home was decorated with a mural of Disney characters.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:  People eat and drink at street side noodle stands in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Street food has a long tradition in Vietnam. Beer, called "bia" in Vietnamese, is also frequently drunk at street side stands. Hanoi, established in 1010 AD, is one of the oldest permanent cities in Southeast Asia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:  People eat and drink at street side noodle stands in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Street food has a long tradition in Vietnam. Beer, called "bia" in Vietnamese, is also frequently drunk at street side stands. Hanoi, established in 1010 AD, is one of the oldest permanent cities in Southeast Asia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Hanoi10011.jpg
  • 05 JANUARY 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People drink at a portable bar in a red light district off of Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is technically illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People drink at a portable bar in a red light district off of Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is technically illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandSexTrade014.jpg
  • 29 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais sit in front of their home and drink just before the New Year in the Chinatown area of Bangkok, Thailand. The front of the home was decorated with a mural of Disney characters.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Bangkok1230005.jpg
  • 09 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:  People eat and drink at street side noodle stands in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Street food has a long tradition in Vietnam. Beer, called "bia" in Vietnamese, is also frequently drunk at street side stands. Hanoi, established in 1010 AD, is one of the oldest permanent cities in Southeast Asia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Hanoi10012.jpg
  • 30 MARCH 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM:   Men drink beer at a sidewalk cafe and beer bar in Hanoi, Vietnam. Beer, called "bia" in Vietnamese, costs about .20¢ US per glass at the sidewalk beer bars.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 APRIL 2006 - GILA BEND, AZ: People drink in a bar in Gila Bend, AZ. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Bar001.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: Inside the Bar Ocho, a popular student bar, in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar 23, 2009 -- SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: An empty energy drink bottle lies in a salt field near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The salt workers drink the energy drinks while they work to help them combat fatigue and the heat. They carry up to 200 pounds of salt from the fields to warehouses all day long in 93 degree (F) heat through their shifts. The salt farms between Samut Sakhon and Sumat Songkhram are Thailand's largest salt producing region. Salt is typically harvested for about six months of the year. The fields are prepared for salt farming as soon as the rainy season ends. First the fields are tamped down so they hold water, then they are flooded with salt water from either the Gulf of Siam or the Mae Khlong River (both are salty). After about two months, the first harvest is ready. The fields are drained and the salt picked up from the fields. Then the fields are flooded again and the process repeated. As the season goes on and the fields become saltier, the amount of time they are flooded is reduced till the end of the season when they may only be flooded for two or three days. Most of the workers in the salt fields are migrant workers from Isaan, an impoverished region in the northeast of Thailand. Once the rainy season starts and it's no longer possible to harvest salt the workers go home to work their small farms. The workers are paid based on the amount of salt their crew harvests.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A soft drink vendor in her motorcycle driven soft drink stand in Phnom Penh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers relax and share a bottle while they drink at the end of their shift in "Washington Square" a notorious entertainment district off Sukhumvit Soi 22 in Bangkok. Demolition workers on many projects in Thailand live on their job site tearing down the building and recycling what can recycled as they do so until the site is no longer inhabitable. They sleep on the floors in the buildings or sometimes in tents, cooking on gas or charcoal stoves working from morning till dark. Sometimes families live and work together, other times just men. Washington Square was one of Bangkok's oldest red light districts. It was closed early 2012 and is being torn down to make way for redevelopment.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers relax and share a bottle while they drink at the end of their shift in "Washington Square" a notorious entertainment district off Sukhumvit Soi 22 in Bangkok. Demolition workers on many projects in Thailand live on their job site tearing down the building and recycling what can recycled as they do so until the site is no longer inhabitable. They sleep on the floors in the buildings or sometimes in tents, cooking on gas or charcoal stoves working from morning till dark. Sometimes families live and work together, other times just men. Washington Square was one of Bangkok's oldest red light districts. It was closed early 2012 and is being torn down to make way for redevelopment.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokDemolitionWorkers054.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers relax and share a bottle while they drink at the end of their shift in "Washington Square" a notorious entertainment district off Sukhumvit Soi 22 in Bangkok. Demolition workers on many projects in Thailand live on their job site tearing down the building and recycling what can recycled as they do so until the site is no longer inhabitable. They sleep on the floors in the buildings or sometimes in tents, cooking on gas or charcoal stoves working from morning till dark. Sometimes families live and work together, other times just men. Washington Square was one of Bangkok's oldest red light districts. It was closed early 2012 and is being torn down to make way for redevelopment.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokDemolitionWorkers053.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers relax and share a bottle while they drink at the end of their shift in "Washington Square" a notorious entertainment district off Sukhumvit Soi 22 in Bangkok. Demolition workers on many projects in Thailand live on their job site tearing down the building and recycling what can recycled as they do so until the site is no longer inhabitable. They sleep on the floors in the buildings or sometimes in tents, cooking on gas or charcoal stoves working from morning till dark. Sometimes families live and work together, other times just men. Washington Square was one of Bangkok's oldest red light districts. It was closed early 2012 and is being torn down to make way for redevelopment.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokDemolitionWorkers050.jpg
  • 06 JUNE 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A drink vendor waits for customers on Krung Kasem Road in Bobae Market. Bobae Market is a 30 year old famous for fashion wholesale and is now very popular with exporters from around the world. Bobae Tower is next to the market and  advertises itself as having 1,300 stalls under one roof and claims to be the largest garment wholesale center in Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A sweetened drink and dessert vendor waits for customers in the flower market in Bangkok. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. It is also one of the largest fresh fruit and produce markets in the city. The market is located in the old part of the city, south of Wat Po (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) and the Grand Palace.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A sweetened drink and dessert vendor waits for customers in the flower market in Bangkok. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. It is also one of the largest fresh fruit and produce markets in the city. The market is located in the old part of the city, south of Wat Po (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) and the Grand Palace.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A coffee vendor makes a drink for a customer on an upscale stretch of 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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  • 12 MARCH 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A coconut vendor cuts open coconuts in the back of his pickup truck. Coconuts, and coconut water have become a very popular natural drink.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A sweetened drink and dessert vendor waits for customers in the flower market in Bangkok. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. It is also one of the largest fresh fruit and produce markets in the city. The market is located in the old part of the city, south of Wat Po (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) and the Grand Palace.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokScenes0517007.jpg
  • 06 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A soft drink delivery man on his rounds 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
    IncomeDisparity005.jpg
  • Apr. 22 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:    A man finishes a drink at a cock fight in Ubud, Bali. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press.
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  • 28 JULY 2002 - COLISEO, MATANZAS, CUBA: A farmer takes a drink of water from a bottle while tilling his cornfield near Coliseo, province of Matanzas, Cuba, July 28, 2002. The farmer said he is one of a growing number of private farmers in Cuba, who pays and grows his own crops and then sells most of the crop to the public at prices he sets rather than to the state which pays a much lower amount. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The "Yadong Set," a signature cocktail set at Tep Bar, a new bar and restaurant in the Chinatown neighborhood of Bangkok, consists of the "Seven Eleven," the "Lion King," and the "Pussy Whipped" (L to R). All of the drinks are made with traditional Thai liquors.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A "slushy" vendor makes crushed iced drinks in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A "slushy" vendor makes crushed iced drinks in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Bangkok0421038.jpg
  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A "slushy" vendor makes crushed iced drinks in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Bangkok0421036.jpg
  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A "slushy" vendor makes crushed iced drinks in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Bangkok0421035.jpg
  • 12 MARCH 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Selling coconut water in Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    CoconutWater005.jpg
  • 06 APRIL 2013 - SANPATONG, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  Green Fanta for sale at the market in Sanpatong, Chiang Mai province, Thailand. The buffalo market in Sanpatong (also spelled San Patong) started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 NOVEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Coca Cola delivery man at a local market on Ekkamai Soi 30 in Bangkok.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The "Songkran" a signature cocktail at Tep Bar, a new bar and restaurant in the Chinatown neighborhood of Bangkok, is made with Thai white spirits, fermented mixed herbs and honey.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Selling coconut water in Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Selling coconut water in Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Selling coconut water in Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    CoconutWater002.jpg
  • 27 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Fruit punches for sale on a street in front of Wat Saket, during the temple's fair in Bangkok. Wat Saket, popularly known as the Golden Mount or "Phu Khao Thong," is one of the most popular and oldest Buddhist temples in Bangkok. It dates to the Ayutthaya period (roughly 1350-1767 AD) and was renovated extensively when the Siamese fled Ayutthaya and established their new capitol in Bangkok. The temple holds an annual fair in November, the week of the full moon. It's one of the most popular temple fairs in Bangkok. The fair draws people from across Bangkok and spills out in the streets around the temple.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Men play board games in front of a cigarette stand on a sidewalk in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man fills recycled soft drink bottles with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man fills recycled soft drink bottles with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SurinDrought058.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian snack vendor on the Thai side of the border in Aranyaprathet, Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A motorcycle owner in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts017.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet brings a load of textiles from the Cambodian side of the border into Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts016.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: Cambodian porters in Aranyaprathet pull a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts012.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts010.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts009.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts008.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts007.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A Cambodian family takes a motorcycle taxi to the crossing point into Cambodia from Aranyaprathet, Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts006.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet brings a load of textiles from the Cambodian side of the border into Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet brings a load of textiles from the Cambodian side of the border into Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts002.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet hauls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AranyaphratetBorderWaterCarts001.jpg
  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A motorcycle owner in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  Cambodian snack vendors sit in the shade on the Thai side of the border in Aranyaprathet, Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: Cambodian porters in Aranyaprathet pull a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: Cambodian porters in Aranyaprathet pull a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: Cambodian porters in Aranyaprathet pull a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND:  A motorcycle owner in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, pulls a load of bottled water to the Cambodian side of the border. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet brings a load of textiles from the Cambodian side of the border into Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 FEBRUARY 2016 - ARANYAPRATHET, SA KAEO, THAILAND: A Cambodian porter in Aranyaprathet brings a load of textiles from the Cambodian side of the border into Thailand. Thais selling bottled water in the border town of Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, Cambodia, have reported a surge in sales recently. Cambodian officials told their Thai counterparts that because of the 2016 drought, which is affecting Thailand and Cambodia, there have been spot shortages of drinking water near the Thai-Cambodian and that "water shortages in Cambodia had prompted people to hoard drinking water from Thailand."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A woman reaches for a recycled soft drink bottle she filled with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A woman reaches for a recycled soft drink bottle she filled with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: People carry water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand back to their pickup truck. They filled hundreds of recycled soft drink bottles with water from the well. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: People carry water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand back to their pickup truck. They filled hundreds of recycled soft drink bottles with water from the well. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man fills recycled soft drink bottles with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2015 - THAILAND: A woman unloads jugs of drinking water in a village in Pathum Thani province. The drought that has crippled agriculture in central Thailand is now impacting residential areas near Bangkok. The Thai government is reporting that more than 250,000 homes in the provinces surrounding Bangkok have had their domestic water cut because the canals that supply water to local treatment plants were too low to feed the plants. Local government agencies and the Thai army are trucking water to impacted communities and homes. Roads in the area have started collapsing because of subsidence caused by the retreating waters. Central Thailand is contending with drought. By one estimate, about 80 percent of Thailand's agricultural land is in drought like conditions and farmers have been told to stop planting new acreage of rice, the area's principal cash crop.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2015 - THAILAND: A woman unloads jugs of drinking water in a village in Pathum Thani province. The drought that has crippled agriculture in central Thailand is now impacting residential areas near Bangkok. The Thai government is reporting that more than 250,000 homes in the provinces surrounding Bangkok have had their domestic water cut because the canals that supply water to local treatment plants were too low to feed the plants. Local government agencies and the Thai army are trucking water to impacted communities and homes. Roads in the area have started collapsing because of subsidence caused by the retreating waters. Central Thailand is contending with drought. By one estimate, about 80 percent of Thailand's agricultural land is in drought like conditions and farmers have been told to stop planting new acreage of rice, the area's principal cash crop.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 NOVEMBER 2014 - SITTWE, RAKHINE, MYANMAR: A man carries drinking water to fishing boats tied up in the port of a Rohingya IDP camp near Sittwe. The government of Myanmar has forced more than 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who used to live in Sittwe, Myanmar, into squalid Internal Displaced Person (IDP) camps. The forced relocation took place in 2012 after sectarian violence devastated Rohingya communities in Sittwe and left hundreds dead. None of the camps have electricity and some have been denied access to regular rations for nine months. Conditions for the Rohingya in the camps have fueled an exodus of Rohingya refugees to Malaysia and Thailand. Tens of thousands have put to sea in rickety boats hoping to land in Malaysia but sometimes landing in Thailand. The exodus has fueled the boat building boom on the waterfront near the camps. Authorities expect the pace of refugees fleeing Myanmar to accelerate during the cool season, December through February, when there are fewer storms in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti-government protestor prays after giving monks drinking water during a merit making ceremony. Thousands of anti-government protestors are camped out at Democracy Monument in central Bangkok protesting against the government of Yingluck Shinawatra. The protest leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, has called for residents of the Thai capital to rise up against Yingluck. He has promised to shut the city of 12 million down in his final push to overthrow the government. About 100 members of the Thailand's Buddhist clergy visited the protest site Wednesday morning for a special New Year's Day merit making ceremony for the protestors.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti-government protestor prays after giving monks drinking water during a merit making ceremony. Thousands of anti-government protestors are camped out at Democracy Monument in central Bangkok protesting against the government of Yingluck Shinawatra. The protest leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, has called for residents of the Thai capital to rise up against Yingluck. He has promised to shut the city of 12 million down in his final push to overthrow the government. About 100 members of the Thailand's Buddhist clergy visited the protest site Wednesday morning for a special New Year's Day merit making ceremony for the protestors.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Sailors with the Royal Thai Navy provide security at a Prathom Bunteung Silp mor lam show in Bangkok. There is usually a lot of drinking at the shows and brawls frequently break out at the end of the night. Mor Lam is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan (northeast Thailand). It is sometimes compared to American country music, song usually revolve around unrequited love, mor lam and the complexities of rural life. Mor Lam shows are an important part of festivals and fairs in rural Thailand. Mor lam has become very popular in Isan migrant communities in Bangkok. Once performed by bands and singers, live performances are now spectacles, involving several singers, a dance troupe and comedians. The dancers (or hang khreuang) in particular often wear fancy costumes, and singers go through several costume changes in the course of a performance. Prathom Bunteung Silp is one of the best known Mor Lam troupes in Thailand with more than 250 performers and a total crew of almost 300 people. The troupe has been performing for more 55 years. It forms every August and performs through June then breaks for the rainy season.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2015 - THAILAND: A woman unloads jugs of drinking water in a village in Pathum Thani province. The drought that has crippled agriculture in central Thailand is now impacting residential areas near Bangkok. The Thai government is reporting that more than 250,000 homes in the provinces surrounding Bangkok have had their domestic water cut because the canals that supply water to local treatment plants were too low to feed the plants. Local government agencies and the Thai army are trucking water to impacted communities and homes. Roads in the area have started collapsing because of subsidence caused by the retreating waters. Central Thailand is contending with drought. By one estimate, about 80 percent of Thailand's agricultural land is in drought like conditions and farmers have been told to stop planting new acreage of rice, the area's principal cash crop.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Sailors with the Royal Thai Navy provide security at a Prathom Bunteung Silp mor lam show in Bangkok. There is usually a lot of drinking at the shows and brawls frequently break out at the end of the night. Mor Lam is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan (northeast Thailand). It is sometimes compared to American country music, song usually revolve around unrequited love, mor lam and the complexities of rural life. Mor Lam shows are an important part of festivals and fairs in rural Thailand. Mor lam has become very popular in Isan migrant communities in Bangkok. Once performed by bands and singers, live performances are now spectacles, involving several singers, a dance troupe and comedians. The dancers (or hang khreuang) in particular often wear fancy costumes, and singers go through several costume changes in the course of a performance. Prathom Bunteung Silp is one of the best known Mor Lam troupes in Thailand with more than 250 performers and a total crew of almost 300 people. The troupe has been performing for more 55 years. It forms every August and performs through June then breaks for the rainy season.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:     A man signals that his water tank is full to an attendant running a pump at the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: An evacuee from Barangay Gapo picks up donated rice and clothing in a small shelter for people evacuated from Mayon volcano in Camalig. The Missionaries of Charity visited the shelter to hand out food and clothes. A woman at the shelter said they were out of clean drinking water and several people had come down with diarrhea and other stomach ailments. There are only 206 people at the shelter, many of the shelters have over 1,000 residents. Mayon volcano's eruptions continued Monday. At last count, more 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes of the slopes of the volcano and are crowded into shelters in communities outside of the danger zone.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: An evacuee from Barangay Gapo picks up donated rice and clothing in a small shelter for people evacuated from Mayon volcano in Camalig. The Missionaries of Charity visited the shelter to hand out food and clothes. A woman at the shelter said they were out of clean drinking water and several people had come down with diarrhea and other stomach ailments. There are only 206 people at the shelter, many of the shelters have over 1,000 residents. Mayon volcano's eruptions continued Monday. At last count, more 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes of the slopes of the volcano and are crowded into shelters in communities outside of the danger zone.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES:  A nun with the Missionaries of Charity helps an evacuee from Barangay Gapo in a small shelter for people evacuated from Mayon volcano in Camalig. The Missionaries of Charity visited the shelter to hand out food and clothes. A woman at the shelter said they were out of clean drinking water and several people had come down with diarrhea and other stomach ailments. There are only 206 people at the shelter, many of the shelters have over 1,000 residents. Mayon volcano's eruptions continued Monday. At last count, more 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes of the slopes of the volcano and are crowded into shelters in communities outside of the danger zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: An evacuee from Barangay Gapo picks up donated rice and clothing in a small shelter for people evacuated from Mayon volcano in Camalig. The Missionaries of Charity visited the shelter to hand out food and clothes. A woman at the shelter said they were out of clean drinking water and several people had come down with diarrhea and other stomach ailments. There are only 206 people at the shelter, many of the shelters have over 1,000 residents. Mayon volcano's eruptions continued Monday. At last count, more 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes of the slopes of the volcano and are crowded into shelters in communities outside of the danger zone.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A volunteer pours cold drinking water into a bottle for a person waiting to pay final respects to the funeral urn of the late King. The Royal Household has announced that the palace will close to the public, including tourists, on 04 October 2017 to allow officials to complete preparations for the cremation of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, who died on 13 October 2016. They also extended the official mourning period by 15 days. It was originally set to end on 13 October 2017 but now will end on 26 October 2017, the day of the King's cremation.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A volunteer pours cold drinking water into a bottle for a person waiting to pay final respects to the funeral urn of the late King. The Royal Household has announced that the palace will close to the public, including tourists, on 04 October 2017 to allow officials to complete preparations for the cremation of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, who died on 13 October 2016. They also extended the official mourning period by 15 days. It was originally set to end on 13 October 2017 but now will end on 26 October 2017, the day of the King's cremation.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MournersLineUp003.jpg
  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A volunteer pours cold drinking water into a bottle for a person waiting to pay final respects to the funeral urn of the late King. The Royal Household has announced that the palace will close to the public, including tourists, on 04 October 2017 to allow officials to complete preparations for the cremation of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, who died on 13 October 2016. They also extended the official mourning period by 15 days. It was originally set to end on 13 October 2017 but now will end on 26 October 2017, the day of the King's cremation.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MournersLineUp002.jpg
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