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  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer's foot comes out the mud while he tills a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JUNE 2013 - BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA:  A bamboo train driver pushes his train, loaded with supplies from a market, to a waiting customer. The bamboo train, called a norry (nori) in Khmer is a 3m-long wood frame, covered lengthwise with slats made of ultra-light bamboo, that rests on two barbell-like bogies, the aft one connected by fan belts to a 6HP gasoline engine. The train runs on tracks originally laid by the French when Cambodia was a French colony. Years of war and neglect have made the tracks unsafe for regular trains.  Cambodians put 10 or 15 people on each one or up to three tonnes of rice and supplies. They cruise at about 15km/h. The Bamboo Train is very popular with tourists and now most of the trains around Battambang will only take tourists, who will pay a lot more than Cambodians can, to ride the train.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JUNE 2013 - BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA:  A bamboo train driver pushes his train, loaded with supplies from a market, to a waiting customer. The bamboo train, called a norry (nori) in Khmer is a 3m-long wood frame, covered lengthwise with slats made of ultra-light bamboo, that rests on two barbell-like bogies, the aft one connected by fan belts to a 6HP gasoline engine. The train runs on tracks originally laid by the French when Cambodia was a French colony. Years of war and neglect have made the tracks unsafe for regular trains.  Cambodians put 10 or 15 people on each one or up to three tonnes of rice and supplies. They cruise at about 15km/h. The Bamboo Train is very popular with tourists and now most of the trains around Battambang will only take tourists, who will pay a lot more than Cambodians can, to ride the train.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JUNE 2013 - BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA:  A bamboo train driver pushes his train, loaded with supplies from a market, to a waiting customer. The bamboo train, called a norry (nori) in Khmer is a 3m-long wood frame, covered lengthwise with slats made of ultra-light bamboo, that rests on two barbell-like bogies, the aft one connected by fan belts to a 6HP gasoline engine. The train runs on tracks originally laid by the French when Cambodia was a French colony. Years of war and neglect have made the tracks unsafe for regular trains.  Cambodians put 10 or 15 people on each one or up to three tonnes of rice and supplies. They cruise at about 15km/h. The Bamboo Train is very popular with tourists and now most of the trains around Battambang will only take tourists, who will pay a lot more than Cambodians can, to ride the train.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: Farmers wash their oxen in a canal after they worked tilling rice fields near Pantanaw, Myanmar. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry029.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: Farmers wash their oxen in a canal after they worked tilling rice fields near Pantanaw, Myanmar. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry028.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: Farmers wash their oxen in a canal after they worked tilling rice fields near Pantanaw, Myanmar. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry027.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR:  A farmer uses a bridge while he leads his oxen across a canal near Pantanaw, Myanmar. He had been tilling a rice field. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry026.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR:  A farmer uses a bridge while he leads his oxen across a canal near Pantanaw, Myanmar. He had been tilling a rice field. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry025.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: Workers harvest baby rice plants for replanting in a field near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Much of the agricultural industry in Myanmar still uses human and animal power to get work done, compared to neighboring Thailand, where the most of the work is mechanized. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry024.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: Workers harvest baby rice plants for replanting in a field near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Much of the agricultural industry in Myanmar still uses human and animal power to get work done, compared to neighboring Thailand, where the most of the work is mechanized. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry023.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: Workers harvest baby rice plants for replanting in a field near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Much of the agricultural industry in Myanmar still uses human and animal power to get work done, compared to neighboring Thailand, where the most of the work is mechanized. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry022.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to till a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Most Burmese farmers still use oxen and water buffalo to work their fields. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry021.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to till a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Most Burmese farmers still use oxen and water buffalo to work their fields. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry019.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to till a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Most Burmese farmers still use oxen and water buffalo to work their fields. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry018.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to till a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Most Burmese farmers still use oxen and water buffalo to work their fields. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry017.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to till a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Most Burmese farmers still use oxen and water buffalo to work their fields. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry016.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to till a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Most Burmese farmers still use oxen and water buffalo to work their fields. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry015.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A farmer uses oxen to till a rice field in the rain near Pantanaw, Myanmar. Most Burmese farmers still use oxen and water buffalo to work their fields. After decades of military mismanagement that led to years of rice imports, Myanmar (Burma) is on track to become one of the world's leading rice exporters in the next two years and could challenge traditional rice exporter leader Thailand. Political and economic reforms have improved rice yields and new mills are being built across the country. Burmese eat more rice than any other people in the world. The average Burmese consumes 210 kilos of rice per year and rice makes up 75 percent of the diet.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry014.jpg
  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  PANTANAW, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR:  A woman gets a ride in a pedicab in the rain along Highway 5 in Pantanaw, Ayeyarwady, in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar. This region of Myanmar was devastated by cyclone Nargis in 2008 but daily life has resumed and it is now a leading rice producing region.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JUNE 2013 -  SAMALAUK, AYEYARWADY, MYANMAR: A man walks up a muddy road in the rain to Highway 5 in Samalauk, Ayeyarwady, in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar. This region of Myanmar was devastated by cyclone Nargis in 2008 but daily life has resumed and it is now a leading rice producing region.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2012 - PATHUM THANI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  Farm workers near Pathum Thani aerate a field before planting rice in it. This part of Thailand usually gets at least two rice crops a year out of the land. The Thai government under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has launched an expansive price support "scheme" for rice farmers. The government is buying rice from farmers and warehousing it until world rice prices increase. Rice farmers, the backbone of rural Thailand, like the plan, but exporters do not because they are afraid Thailand is losing its position as the world's #1 rice exporter to Vietnam, which has significantly improved the quality and quantity of its rice. India is also exporting more and more of its rice. The stockpiling of rice is also leading to a shortage of suitable warehouse space. The Prime Minister and her government face a censure debate and possible no confidence vote later this month that could end the scheme or bring down the government.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2012 - PATHUM THANI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  Farm workers near Pathum Thani aerate a field before planting rice in it. This part of Thailand usually gets at least two rice crops a year out of the land. The Thai government under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has launched an expansive price support "scheme" for rice farmers. The government is buying rice from farmers and warehousing it until world rice prices increase. Rice farmers, the backbone of rural Thailand, like the plan, but exporters do not because they are afraid Thailand is losing its position as the world's #1 rice exporter to Vietnam, which has significantly improved the quality and quantity of its rice. India is also exporting more and more of its rice. The stockpiling of rice is also leading to a shortage of suitable warehouse space. The Prime Minister and her government face a censure debate and possible no confidence vote later this month that could end the scheme or bring down the government.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RicePricingScheme068.jpg
  • 15 NOVEMBER 2012 - PATHUM THANI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  Farm workers near Pathum Thani aerate a field before planting rice in it. This part of Thailand usually gets at least two rice crops a year out of the land. The Thai government under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has launched an expansive price support "scheme" for rice farmers. The government is buying rice from farmers and warehousing it until world rice prices increase. Rice farmers, the backbone of rural Thailand, like the plan, but exporters do not because they are afraid Thailand is losing its position as the world's #1 rice exporter to Vietnam, which has significantly improved the quality and quantity of its rice. India is also exporting more and more of its rice. The stockpiling of rice is also leading to a shortage of suitable warehouse space. The Prime Minister and her government face a censure debate and possible no confidence vote later this month that could end the scheme or bring down the government.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RicePricingScheme067.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2011 - AMPHAWA, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:  A canal at low tide in Amphawa, Thailand. The Thai countryside south of Bangkok is crisscrossed with canals, some large enough to accommodate small commercial boats and small barges, some barely large enough for a small canoe. People who live near the canals use them for everything from domestic water to transportation and fishing. Some, like the canals in Amphawa and nearby Damnoensaduak (also spelled Damnoen Saduak) are also relatively famous for their "floating markets" where vendors set up their canoes and boats as floating shops.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2017 - TUWED, JEMBRANA, BALI, INDONESIA: A boy pulls his water buffalo out of a mud puddle the buffalo used to cool off in after a makepung (buffalo race) in Tuwed, Jembrana in southwest Bali. Makepung is buffalo racing in the district of Jembrana, on the west end of Bali. The Makepung season starts in July and ends in November. A man sitting in a small cart drives a pair of buffalo bulls around a track cut through rice fields in the district. It's a popular local past time that draws spectators from across western Bali.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A worker with mud used for mortar waits to drop at a reconstruction in Bhaktapur's Durbur Square. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:     A mud splattered farmer after tilling a rice field before planting. Rice is an integral part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:     A mud splattered farmer after tilling a rice field before planting. Rice is an integral part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2016 - NONG LONG, LAMPHUN, THAILAND:  The nearly empty Ping River in Lamphun province. The Ping River runs through northern Thailand and is the most important river in the area. People who live along the river said it has never been this low. Normally there is more than a meter of water across the river bottom at this part of the river at this time of year.  People are building small mud dams and catchments along the river bottom to try to keep some water and fish in it.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2016 - NONG LONG, LAMPHUN, THAILAND:  The nearly empty Ping River in Lamphun province. The Ping River runs through northern Thailand and is the most important river in the area. People who live along the river said it has never been this low. Normally there is more than a meter of water across the river bottom at this part of the river at this time of year.  People are building small mud dams and catchments along the river bottom to try to keep some water and fish in it.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2016 - NONG LONG, LAMPHUN, THAILAND:   Subsistence fisherman drag the bottom of the Ping River in Lamphun province. The Ping River runs through northern Thailand and is the most important river in the area. People who live along the river said it has never been this low. Normally there is more than a meter of water across the river bottom at this part of the river at this time of year.  People are building small mud dams and catchments along the river bottom to try to keep some water and fish in it.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2016 - NONG LONG, LAMPHUN, THAILAND:   Subsistence fisherman drag the bottom of the Ping River in Lamphun province. The Ping River runs through northern Thailand and is the most important river in the area. People who live along the river said it has never been this low. Normally there is more than a meter of water across the river bottom at this part of the river at this time of year.  People are building small mud dams and catchments along the river bottom to try to keep some water and fish in it.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2016 - NONG LONG, LAMPHUN, THAILAND:   Subsistence fisherman drag the bottom of the Ping River in Lamphun province. The Ping River runs through northern Thailand and is the most important river in the area. People who live along the river said it has never been this low. Normally there is more than a meter of water across the river bottom at this part of the river at this time of year.  People are building small mud dams and catchments along the river bottom to try to keep some water and fish in it.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2016 - NA SAK, LAMPANG, THAILAND: The ruins of a village poke out of the dried mud in the bottom of the Mae Chang Reservoir. The Mae Chang Reservoir in Lampang province was created more than 30 years ago when the Chang River was dammed. Five villages along the river were relocated to hillsides above the river. For the first time since it was flooded, the reservoir is nearly empty and the ruins of the old villages are visible. Many people who remember the old villages are coming down to the ruins to visit them. This part of Thailand hasn't received significant rain in months and many irrigation canals and streams are running dry.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL:  A woman digs up mud to be used as mortar in the repair of a home destroyed in the earthquake in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL:  A woman digs up mud to be used as mortar in the repair of a home destroyed in the earthquake in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL: A man repairs a home destroyed by the earthquake in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. He is using bricks recycled from the original home and mud from the earthquake rubble as mortar.  The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL: A man rebuilds a home destroyed by the earthquake in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. He is using bricks recycled from the original home and mud from the earthquake rubble as mortar.  The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 NOVEMBER 2014 - SITTWE, RAKHINE, MYANMAR: A worker's feet covered in mud and muck while he works to refurbish a boat in the port of an IDP camp housing Rohingya Muslims near Sittwe. The boats were originally built as fishing boats but are increasingly being used by human traffickers to take people to Malaysia. 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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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: Men covered in mud from the Mun River walk in the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: Men covered in mud from the Mun River walk in the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: A man covered in mud from the Mun River during the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: A man covered in mud from the Mun River during the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: A man covered in mud from the Mun River during the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: A man covered in mud from the Mun River sits in the street during the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: Men covered in mud from the Mun River walk in the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: A man covered in mud from the Mun River wipes his face during the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: Men covered in mud from the Mun River during the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JUNE 2014 - DAN SAI, LOEI, THAILAND: Men covered in mud from the Mun River during the Ghost Festival parade in Dan Sai. Phi Ta Khon (also spelled Pee Ta Khon) is the Ghost Festival. Over three days, the town's residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit that lives in the Mun River, which runs through Dan Sai. People in the town and surrounding villages wear costumes made of patchwork and ornate masks and are thought be ghosts who were awoken from the dead when Vessantra Jataka (one of the Buddhas) came out of the forest.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A man carries a case of whiskey up from a river landing near Khun Samutchine. Merchandise and supplies for the village are brought by boat to this landing where they are transferred to a smaller boat and taken into the village. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A boy plays with a toy gun in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: SAMORN KHENGSAMUT is the head of the village of Khun Samutchine with some of the photos of the village she knew 30 years ago. She has made it her mission to let people know what is happening in the village. She said she has been forced to move eight times because of rising sea levels. She said, "It's (climate change and rising sea levels) here now but in a few years it will be in Bangkok. What will happen then?" Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: SAMORN KHENGSAMUT is the head of the village of Khun Samutchine with some of the photos of the village she knew 30 years ago. She has made it her mission to let people know what is happening in the village. She said she has been forced to move eight times because of rising sea levels. She said, "It's (climate change and rising sea levels) here now but in a few years it will be in Bangkok. What will happen then?" Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A Thai woman shakes fortune telling sticks in a Chinese shrine in Khun Samutchine. The Chinese shrine was moved and rebuilt in the new village when sea water overtook the old one, but the Buddhist temple is now 2 kilometers away and completely surrounded by sea water. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A plank spans a wooden walkway that leads out of Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A woman walks home from after shopping at a small convenience stand in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away.  The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A man talks to his son in front of their home in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A boy eats a watermelon in his home in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A man and his son walk along the causeway between homes in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A man and his son walk along the causeway between homes in Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A concrete causeway connect Wat Samutchine with the village of Khun Samutchine. There are gaps in the causeway that local people have spanned with planks. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A concrete causeway connect Wat Samutchine with the village of Khun Samutchine. There are gaps in the causeway that local people have spanned with planks. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Monks in their living quarters at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A monk at Wat Samutchine works on rebar that will be used to make a sea wall to protect the temple. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, walks back to the monk's quarters at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, walks along the sea wall that protects Wat Samutchine from the Gulf of Siam (in the background). Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, walks along the sea wall that protects Wat Samutchine from the Gulf of Siam (in the background). Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, in the prayer hall at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, in the prayer hall at Wat Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, at Wat Samutchine, ducks to enter the prayer hall at the temple. Members of the temple raised the floor inside the temple by about six meet so they could continue to use it. The lower half of the temple is completely underwater. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: Abbot ATHIKARN SOMNUK ATIPANYO, at Wat Samutchine, walks across a cement bridge to the prayer hall at the temple. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND: A breakfront meant to protect the Wat Samutchine at Khun Samutchine is nearly underwater. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A boat cuts through the canals and mangroves near Khun Samutchine. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 3, 2010 - KHUN SAMUTCHINE, THAILAND:  A hired boatman takes visitors to a landing near Khun Samutchine, Thailand. Rising sea levels brought about by global climate change threaten the future of Khun Samutchine, a tiny fishing village about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam. The coastline advances inland here by about 20 metres (65 feet) per year causing families to move and threatening the viability of the village. The only structure in the village that hasn't moved, their Buddhist temple, is completely surrounded by water and more than 2 kilometers from the village. The temple and the village have asked the Thai government and several NGOs for help, but the only help so far is a narrow concrete causeway the government is building that will allow people to walk into the temple from a boat landing two miles away. The walk to the village from a closer boat landing is shorter, but over an unimproved mud flat that is nearly impassible in the rainy season.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2010 -- WENDEN, AZ:  A loader in Wenden scrapes mud off the street. Wenden was slammed by its second 100 year flood in 10 years on Thursday night when water raced through Centennial Wash and into the small town in La Paz County west of Phoenix. Most of the town's residents were evacuated to Red Cross shelters in Salome, about 5 miles west of Wenden.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2010 -- WENDEN, AZ: A loader in Wenden fills a dump truck with mud. Wenden was slammed by its second 100 year flood in 10 years on Thursday night when water raced through Centennial Wash and into the small town in La Paz County west of Phoenix. Most of the town's residents were evacuated to Red Cross shelters in Salome, about 5 miles west of Wenden.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A worker walks down a pile of mud at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Brick factory workers stack mud which will be turned into brick at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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