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  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PATHEIN, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A Burmese woman with thanaka powder on her face sells mango from her cart in Pathein, Myanmar. Pathein, sometimes also called Bassein, is a port city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Burma. It lies on the Pathein River (Bassein), which is a western branch of the Irrawaddy River. It's the fourth largest city in Myanmar (Burma) about 190 km west of Yangon.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Mango vendors in Talat Phlu market in the Thonburi section of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND:  A mango vendor pushes his cart through the Burmese market section of Mae Sot, Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman cuts mango in front of her home 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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  • 12 JANUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:      A mango seller in Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok. Khlong Toey (also called Khlong Toei) Market is one of the largest "wet markets" in Thailand. The market is located in the midst of one of Bangkok's largest slum areas and close to the city's original deep water port. Thousands of people live in the neighboring slum area. Thousands more shop in the sprawling market for fresh fruits and vegetables as well meat, fish and poultry.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:      A mango seller in Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok. Khlong Toey (also called Khlong Toei) Market is one of the largest "wet markets" in Thailand. The market is located in the midst of one of Bangkok's largest slum areas and close to the city's original deep water port. Thousands of people live in the neighboring slum area. Thousands more shop in the sprawling market for fresh fruits and vegetables as well meat, fish and poultry.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Fresh ripe mangos for sale in Talat Phlu market in the Thonburi section of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Mangos for sale on the street in Yangon. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A food vendor sells mangos and pineapple from her cart in the Bangkok Flower Market. Early in the day, the market takes over the streets in the area, after about 7AM the streets are fully reopened to traffic. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Red Ants scramble over mango tree leaves in an ant hunter's basket. The ant hunter said the ants favor dry weather and this year has been an excellent year for the ants (which is a delicacy among the local people). But she worries that the dry weather could harm the mango trees and without the mango trees there would be no ants. The region is in the midst of a record setting drought and the Mekong River is at its lowest point in nearly 50 years, setting up an environmental disaster the region has never seen before. Many of the people who live along the river farm and fish. They claim their crops yields are greatly reduced and that many days they return from fishing with empty nets. The river is so shallow now that fisherman who used to go out in boats now work from the banks and sandbars on foot or wade into the river. In addition to low river levels the Isan region of Thailand is also in the midst of a record drought and heat wave. Farmers have been encouraged to switch from rice to less water intensive crops and to expect lower yields. Farmers here rely more on rain fall than irrigation to water their crops.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: An ant hunter walks back to her village after collecting red ants in mango trees. She said the ants favor dry weather and this year has been an excellent year for the ants (which is a delicacy among the local people). But she worries that the dry weather could harm the mango trees and without the mango trees there would be no ants. The region is in the midst of a record setting drought and the Mekong River is at its lowest point in nearly 50 years, setting up an environmental disaster the region has never seen before. Many of the people who live along the river farm and fish. They claim their crops yields are greatly reduced and that many days they return from fishing with empty nets. The river is so shallow now that fisherman who used to go out in boats now work from the banks and sandbars on foot or wade into the river. In addition to low river levels the Isan region of Thailand is also in the midst of a record drought and heat wave. Farmers have been encouraged to switch from rice to less water intensive crops and to expect lower yields. Farmers here rely more on rain fall than irrigation to water their crops.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MARCH 2015 - PRACHINBURI, PRACHINBURI, THAILAND: A mango vendor cuts up mangos before selling them on the 3rd class train going to Kabin Buri. The State Railways of Thailand (SRT), established in 1890, operates 4,043 kilometers of meter gauge track that reaches most parts of Thailand. Much of the track and many of the trains are poorly maintained and trains frequently run late. Accidents and mishaps are also commonplace. Successive governments, including the current military government, have promised to upgrade rail services. The military government has signed contracts with China to upgrade rail lines and bring high speed rail to Thailand. Japan has also expressed an interest in working on the Thai train system. Third class train travel is very inexpensive. Many lines are free for Thai citizens and even lines that aren’t free are only a few Baht. Many third class tickets are under the equivalent of a dollar. Third class cars are not air-conditioned.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MARCH 2015 - PRACHINBURI, PRACHINBURI, THAILAND: A mango vendor cuts up mangos before selling them on the 3rd class train going to Kabin Buri. The State Railways of Thailand (SRT), established in 1890, operates 4,043 kilometers of meter gauge track that reaches most parts of Thailand. Much of the track and many of the trains are poorly maintained and trains frequently run late. Accidents and mishaps are also commonplace. Successive governments, including the current military government, have promised to upgrade rail services. The military government has signed contracts with China to upgrade rail lines and bring high speed rail to Thailand. Japan has also expressed an interest in working on the Thai train system. Third class train travel is very inexpensive. Many lines are free for Thai citizens and even lines that aren’t free are only a few Baht. Many third class tickets are under the equivalent of a dollar. Third class cars are not air-conditioned.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MARCH 2015 - PRACHINBURI, PRACHINBURI, THAILAND: A mango vendor cuts up mangos before selling them on the 3rd class train going to Kabin Buri. The State Railways of Thailand (SRT), established in 1890, operates 4,043 kilometers of meter gauge track that reaches most parts of Thailand. Much of the track and many of the trains are poorly maintained and trains frequently run late. Accidents and mishaps are also commonplace. Successive governments, including the current military government, have promised to upgrade rail services. The military government has signed contracts with China to upgrade rail lines and bring high speed rail to Thailand. Japan has also expressed an interest in working on the Thai train system. Third class train travel is very inexpensive. Many lines are free for Thai citizens and even lines that aren’t free are only a few Baht. Many third class tickets are under the equivalent of a dollar. Third class cars are not air-conditioned.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A street food vendor makes spicy mango salad on his cart in the neighborhood around Santa Cruz Church in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Now the neighborhood around the church is known for the Thai adaptation of Portuguese cakes baked in the neighborhood. Several hundred Siamese (Thai) Buddhists converted to Catholicism in the 1770s. Some of the families started baking the cakes. When the Siamese Empire in Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese, the Portuguese and Thai Catholics fled to Thonburi, in what is now Bangkok. The Portuguese established a Catholic church near the new Siamese capital. There are still a large number of Thai Catholics living in the neighborhood around the church.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Men on a mango boat wait out a monsoon storm on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A mango vendor sleeps on the Yangon Circular Train. The Yangon Circular Railway is the local commuter rail network that serves the Yangon metropolitan area. Operated by Myanmar Railways, the 45.9-kilometre (28.5 mi) 39-station loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to the city. The railway has about 200 coaches, runs 20 times and sells 100,000 to 150,000 tickets daily. The loop, which takes about three hours to complete, is a popular for tourists to see a cross section of life in Yangon. The trains from 3:45 am to 10:15 pm daily. The cost of a ticket for a distance of 15 miles is ten kyats (~nine US cents), and that for over 15 miles is twenty kyats (~18 US cents). Foreigners pay 1 USD (Kyat not accepted), regardless of the length of the journey.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A mango vendor on the Yangon Circular Train. The Yangon Circular Railway is the local commuter rail network that serves the Yangon metropolitan area. Operated by Myanmar Railways, the 45.9-kilometre (28.5 mi) 39-station loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to the city. The railway has about 200 coaches, runs 20 times and sells 100,000 to 150,000 tickets daily. The loop, which takes about three hours to complete, is a popular for tourists to see a cross section of life in Yangon. The trains from 3:45 am to 10:15 pm daily. The cost of a ticket for a distance of 15 miles is ten kyats (~nine US cents), and that for over 15 miles is twenty kyats (~18 US cents). Foreigners pay 1 USD (Kyat not accepted), regardless of the length of the journey.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A street food vendor bags an order of grilled chicken in the neighborhood around Santa Cruz Church in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. He makes and sells spicy mango salad, grilled chicken and grilled fish on his push cart. Now the neighborhood around the church is known for the Thai adaptation of Portuguese cakes baked in the neighborhood. Several hundred Siamese (Thai) Buddhists converted to Catholicism in the 1770s. Some of the families started baking the cakes. When the Siamese Empire in Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese, the Portuguese and Thai Catholics fled to Thonburi, in what is now Bangkok. The Portuguese established a Catholic church near the new Siamese capital. There are still a large number of Thai Catholics living in the neighborhood around the church.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A street food vendor makes spicy mango salad on his cart in the neighborhood around Santa Cruz Church in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Now the neighborhood around the church is known for the Thai adaptation of Portuguese cakes baked in the neighborhood. Several hundred Siamese (Thai) Buddhists converted to Catholicism in the 1770s. Some of the families started baking the cakes. When the Siamese Empire in Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese, the Portuguese and Thai Catholics fled to Thonburi, in what is now Bangkok. The Portuguese established a Catholic church near the new Siamese capital. There are still a large number of Thai Catholics living in the neighborhood around the church.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PortugueseBakeries0206024.jpg
  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A street food vendor makes spicy mango salad on his cart in the neighborhood around Santa Cruz Church in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Now the neighborhood around the church is known for the Thai adaptation of Portuguese cakes baked in the neighborhood. Several hundred Siamese (Thai) Buddhists converted to Catholicism in the 1770s. Some of the families started baking the cakes. When the Siamese Empire in Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese, the Portuguese and Thai Catholics fled to Thonburi, in what is now Bangkok. The Portuguese established a Catholic church near the new Siamese capital. There are still a large number of Thai Catholics living in the neighborhood around the church.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PortugueseBakeries0206023.jpg
  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A street food vendor makes spicy mango salad on his cart in the neighborhood around Santa Cruz Church in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. Now the neighborhood around the church is known for the Thai adaptation of Portuguese cakes baked in the neighborhood. Several hundred Siamese (Thai) Buddhists converted to Catholicism in the 1770s. Some of the families started baking the cakes. When the Siamese Empire in Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese, the Portuguese and Thai Catholics fled to Thonburi, in what is now Bangkok. The Portuguese established a Catholic church near the new Siamese capital. There are still a large number of Thai Catholics living in the neighborhood around the church.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PortugueseBakeries0206021.jpg
  • 23 APRIL 2014 - CHIANG KHONG, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND: The crew on a riverboat that hauls freights between Chiang Khong, Thailand and Luang Prabang, Laos eats a lunch of green mango and chili dip. It takes the boats two and a half days to make the voyage. Luang Prabang is as far downriver as boats can go in the dry season because the river becomes unnavigable due to rocks and sandbars. 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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  • 15 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A mango vendor sleeps on the Yangon Circular Train. The Yangon Circular Railway is the local commuter rail network that serves the Yangon metropolitan area. Operated by Myanmar Railways, the 45.9-kilometre (28.5 mi) 39-station loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to the city. The railway has about 200 coaches, runs 20 times and sells 100,000 to 150,000 tickets daily. The loop, which takes about three hours to complete, is a popular for tourists to see a cross section of life in Yangon. The trains from 3:45 am to 10:15 pm daily. The cost of a ticket for a distance of 15 miles is ten kyats (~nine US cents), and that for over 15 miles is twenty kyats (~18 US cents). Foreigners pay 1 USD (Kyat not accepted), regardless of the length of the journey.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 FEBRUARY 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Sliced mango dries in the sun in a Burmese community in Mae Sot. Mae Sot, on the Thai-Myanmar (Burma) border, has a very large population of Burmese migrants. Some are refugees who left Myanmar to escape civil unrest and political persecution, others are "economic refugees" who came to Thailand looking for work and better opportunities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A mango seller walks through Bang Chak Market. The market closes permanently on Dec 31, 2015. The Bang Chak Market serves the community around Sois 91-97 on Sukhumvit Road in the Bangkok suburbs. About half of the market has been torn down. Bangkok city authorities put up notices in late November that the market would be closed by January 1, 2016 and redevelopment would start shortly after that. Market vendors said condominiums are being built on the land.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman sells green mango as a snack on the Yangon Circular Train. The Yangon Circular Train is a 45.9-kilometre (28.5 mi) 39-station two track loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to downtown. The train was built during the British colonial period, the second track was built in 1954. Trains currently run both directions (clockwise and counter-clockwise) around the city. The trains are the least expensive way to get across Yangon and they are very popular with Yangon's working class. About 100,000 people ride the train every day. A a ticket costs 200 Kyat (about .17¢ US) for the entire 28.5 mile loop.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor sells mango and sticky rice, a popular Thai snack, at the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor sells mango and sticky rice, a popular Thai snack, at the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Tomatos, mangoes and onions for sale in the Onnuch (also known as On Nut) Wet Market off of Sukhumvit Soi 77 in Bangkok.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Mangos for sale in a market in Yangon. Yangon, formerly Rangoon, is the largest city in Myanmar. It is the former capital of the Southeast Asian country. It's still Myanmar's economic capital.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A man sorts mangoes offloaded on the Yangon docks. Yangon's docks and waterfront district is the heart of the Myanmar economy. Imports are brought in by ocean freighter and repacked onto river freighters for shipment within Myanmar while exports are brought to Yangon on river boats and then exported on ocean going cargo ships.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese woman who sells mangoes in the Mae Sot market sets out her fruit at the beginning of the day. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JANUARY 2013 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA:  A vendor sells mangoes from a basket atop his head in the Central Market in Phnom Penh. The Central Market ("Psah Thom Thmey", "New Grand Market"), is a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with stalls of goods. It opened in 1937, and was the biggest market in Asia at the time; today it still operates as a market. It was renovated from 2009 to 2011.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Thai women on a motor scooter buy mangoes in the market in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 AUGUST 2017 - BEBANDEM, BALI, INDONESIA: Mangoes for sale in the market in Bebandem, in far eastern Bali. The market is known for baskets, which are woven in the area. Bali's local markets are open on an every three day rotating schedule because venders travel from town to town. Before modern refrigeration and convenience stores became common place on Bali, markets were thriving community gatherings. Fewer people shop at markets now as more and more consumers go to convenience stores and more families have refrigerators.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A sidewalk vendor in the Bangkok flower market sells mangos and fruit Monday. Many of the sidewalk vendors around Pak Khlong Talat, the Bangkok flower market, closed their stalls Monday. As a part of the military government sponsored initiative to clean up Bangkok, city officials announced new rules for the sidewalk vendors that shortened their hours and changed the regulations they worked under. Some vendors said the new rules were confusing and too limiting and most vendors chose to close Monday rather than risk fines and penalties. Many hope to reopen when the situation is clarified.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2013 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese woman who sells mangoes in the Mae Sot market sets out her fruit at the beginning of the day. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. Many have settled in neighboring Thailand. Mae Sot, on the Mae Nam Moei (Moei River) is the center of the Burmese emigre community in central western Thailand. There are hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants in the area. Many live a shadowy existence without papers and without recourse if they cross Thai authorities. The Burmese have their own schools and hospitals (with funding provided by NGOs). Burmese restaurants and tea houses are common in the area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JANUARY 2013 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA:  A vendor sells mangoes from a basket atop his head in the Central Market in Phnom Penh. The Central Market ("Psah Thom Thmey", "New Grand Market"), is a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with stalls of goods. It opened in 1937, and was the biggest market in Asia at the time; today it still operates as a market. It was renovated from 2009 to 2011.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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