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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A porter in the Bangkok flower market, lays on his handtruck while he checks his smart phone while he waits for customers. Bangkok, a city of about 14 million, is famous for its raucous nightlife. But Bangkok's real nightlife is seen in its markets and street stalls, many of which are open through the night.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti-government protestor uses her smart phone during a demonstration in Bangkok. Many of the protestors are members of the Thai middle class, they are connected to the internet with smart phones and tablets. Thousands of anti-government protestors, supporters of the so called Peoples Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC), jammed the Silom area, the "Wall Street" of Bangkok, Friday as a part of the ongoing protests against the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck dissolved the Thai Parliament earlier this month and called for national elections on Feb. 2, 2014. The protestors want the elections postponed and the caretaker government to step down. The Thai election commission ruled Friday that the election would go on dispite the protests.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti-government protestor uses her smart phone during a demonstration in Bangkok. Many of the protestors are members of the Thai middle class, they are connected to the internet with smart phones and tablets. Thousands of anti-government protestors, supporters of the so called Peoples Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC), jammed the Silom area, the "Wall Street" of Bangkok, Friday as a part of the ongoing protests against the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck dissolved the Thai Parliament earlier this month and called for national elections on Feb. 2, 2014. The protestors want the elections postponed and the caretaker government to step down. The Thai election commission ruled Friday that the election would go on dispite the protests.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti-government protestor uses her smart phone during a demonstration in Bangkok. Many of the protestors are members of the Thai middle class, they are connected to the internet with smart phones and tablets. Thousands of anti-government protestors, supporters of the so called Peoples Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC), jammed the Silom area, the "Wall Street" of Bangkok, Friday as a part of the ongoing protests against the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck dissolved the Thai Parliament earlier this month and called for national elections on Feb. 2, 2014. The protestors want the elections postponed and the caretaker government to step down. The Thai election commission ruled Friday that the election would go on dispite the protests.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 FEBRUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Commuters riding the BTS (Bangkok Skytrain) check their smart phones.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman checks her smart phone on the Sukhumvit line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok. The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain, is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) under a concession granted by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The system consists of twenty-three stations along two lines: the Sukhumvit line running northwards and eastwards, terminating at Mo Chit and On Nut respectively, and the Silom line which plies Silom and Sathon Roads, the Central Business District of Bangkok, terminating at the National Stadium and Wongwian Yai. The lines interchange at Siam Station and have a combined route distance of 55 km.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais check their smart phones while riding the Sukhmvit line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok. The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain, is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) under a concession granted by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The system consists of twenty-three stations along two lines: the Sukhumvit line running northwards and eastwards, terminating at Mo Chit and On Nut respectively, and the Silom line which plies Silom and Sathon Roads, the Central Business District of Bangkok, terminating at the National Stadium and Wongwian Yai. The lines interchange at Siam Station and have a combined route distance of 55 km.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 AUGUST 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman takes a selfie with her smart phone in front of a cement statue of a tiger in the predator display at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok. The zoo opened in 1938. The zoo grounds were originally the Dusit Royal Garden. The zoo is scheduled to close by the end of August 2018 because it is being relocated to Nakhon Pathom province, south of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JANUARY 2018 - LEGAZPI, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES:  Young men watch a video on a smart phone at the evacuation shelter for people from Barangay (community) Matanag in Albay Central School in Legazpi. People from the community have been in the shelter since Mayon volcano started erupting two weeks ago. There are about 500 families at the shelter, around 2,000 people. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated from communities around the volcano and are living in shelters and camps outside of the evacuation zone. The Philippine government is preparing to house the people for up to three months.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 DECEMBER 2016 0 BANGKOK, THAILAND: A vendor uses his smart phone in the traditional market on Lan Luang Road in Bangkok. The market is on the site of one of the first western style cinemas in Bangkok. The movie theatre closed years ago and is still empty but the market fills the streets around the theatre.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A girl is illuminated by the glow from her smart phone in the market at Aungmingalar Jetty in Yangon. The market is home to one of the largest fish markets in Yangon and a meat and produce market.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man takes a picture with a smart phone after AJARN NENG ONNUT, gave a sacred Sak Yant tattoo to EMILY, a visitor to Thailand from the United Kingdom. Sak Yant (Thai for "tattoos of mystical drawings" sak=tattoo, yantra=mystical drawing) tattoos are popular throughout Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. The tattoos are believed to impart magical powers to the people who have them. People get the tattoos to address specific needs. For example, a business person would get a tattoo to make his business successful, and a soldier would get a tattoo to help him in battle. The tattoos are blessed by monks or people who have magical powers. Ajarn Neng, a revered tattoo master in Bangkok, uses stainless steel needles to tattoo, other tattoo masters use bamboo needles. The tattoos are growing in popularity with tourists, but Thai religious leaders try to discourage tattoo masters from giving tourists tattoos for ornamental reasons.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A contestant uses her smart phone to take a "selfie" before she goes on stage during the first round of the Miss Tiffany's contest at CentralWorld, a large shopping mall in Bangkok. Miss Tiffany's Universe is a beauty contest for transgender contestants; all of the contestants were born biologically male. The final round will be held on May 8 in the beach resort of Pattaya. The final round is televised of the  Miss Tiffany’s Universe contest is broadcast live on Thai television with an average of 15 million viewers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A contestant uses the video function on her smart phone to video chat with friends before going on stage in the first round of the Miss Tiffany's contest at CentralWorld, a large shopping mall in Bangkok. Miss Tiffany's Universe is a beauty contest for transgender contestants; all of the contestants were born biologically male. The final round will be held on May 8 in the beach resort of Pattaya. The final round is televised of the  Miss Tiffany’s Universe contest is broadcast live on Thai television with an average of 15 million viewers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A contestant uses the video function on her smart phone to video chat with friends before going on stage in the first round of the Miss Tiffany's contest at CentralWorld, a large shopping mall in Bangkok. Miss Tiffany's Universe is a beauty contest for transgender contestants; all of the contestants were born biologically male. The final round will be held on May 8 in the beach resort of Pattaya. The final round is televised of the  Miss Tiffany’s Universe contest is broadcast live on Thai television with an average of 15 million viewers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tourist uses a smart phone to photograph contestants in the first round of the Miss Tiffany's contest at CentralWorld, a large shopping mall in Bangkok. Miss Tiffany's Universe is a beauty contest for transgender contestants; all of the contestants were born biologically male. The final round will be held on May 8 in the beach resort of Pattaya. The final round is televised of the  Miss Tiffany’s Universe contest is broadcast live on Thai television with an average of 15 million viewers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A contestant uses her smart phone to take a "selfie" before she goes on stage during the first round of the Miss Tiffany's contest at CentralWorld, a large shopping mall in Bangkok. Miss Tiffany's Universe is a beauty contest for transgender contestants; all of the contestants were born biologically male. The final round will be held on May 8 in the beach resort of Pattaya. The final round is televised of the  Miss Tiffany’s Universe contest is broadcast live on Thai television with an average of 15 million viewers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A contestant uses her smart phone to take a "selfie" before she goes on stage during the first round of the Miss Tiffany's contest at CentralWorld, a large shopping mall in Bangkok. Miss Tiffany's Universe is a beauty contest for transgender contestants; all of the contestants were born biologically male. The final round will be held on May 8 in the beach resort of Pattaya. The final round is televised of the  Miss Tiffany’s Universe contest is broadcast live on Thai television with an average of 15 million viewers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai university students check their smart phone near a mural on a wall in the neighborhood near Santa Cruz Church in the Thonburi section of Bangkok. 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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  • 14 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Girls in traditional attire look at pictures on a smart phone before the 2015 Discover Thainess parade. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) sponsored the opening ceremony of the “2015 Discover Thainess” Campaign with a 3.5-kilometre parade through central Bangkok. The parade featured cultural shows from several parts of Thailand. Part of the “2015 Discover Thainess” campaign is a showcase of Thailand's culture and natural heritage and is divided into five categories that match the major regions of Thailand – Central Region, North, Northeast, East and South.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai anti-government protestor tries to photograph protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban with his smart phone when Suthep walked on stage at the Shutdown Bangkok Pathum Wan stage. Shutdown Bangkok has been going for 12 days with no resolution in sight. Suthep, the leader of the anti-government protests and the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), the umbrella organization of the protests,  is still demanding the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resign, the PM says she won't resign and intends to go ahead with the election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai anti-government protestor tries to photograph protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban with his smart phone when Suthep walked on stage at the Shutdown Bangkok Pathum Wan stage. Shutdown Bangkok has been going for 12 days with no resolution in sight. Suthep, the leader of the anti-government protests and the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), the umbrella organization of the protests,  is still demanding the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resign, the PM says she won't resign and intends to go ahead with the election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman on the back of a motorcycle checks her smart phone.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais take self portraits with their smart phone in the Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais take self portraits with their smart phone in the Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JULY 2013 - ANGKOR WAT, SIEM REAP, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA:  A tourist uses his smart phone to photograph the Angkor Wat sunrise. Angkor Wat is the largest temple complex in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura (present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Angkor Wat was dedicated to Vishnu. It is the best-preserved temple at the site, and has remained a religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu, then Buddhist. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It is a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on the national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors. The temple is admired for the architecture, the extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls. The modern name, Angkor Wat, means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor, meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor, which comes from the Sanskrit word nagara. Wat is the Khmer word for "temple grounds", derived from the Pali word "vatta." Prior to this time the temple was known as Preah Pisnulok, after the posthumous title of its founder. It is also the name of complex of temples, which includes Bayon and Preah Khan, in the vicinity. It is by far the most visited tourist attraction in Cambodia. More than half of all tourists to Cambodia visit Angkor.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JULY 2013 - ANGKOR WAT, SIEM REAP, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA:  A tourist uses his smart phone to photograph the Angkor Wat sunrise. Angkor Wat is the largest temple complex in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura (present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Angkor Wat was dedicated to Vishnu. It is the best-preserved temple at the site, and has remained a religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu, then Buddhist. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It is a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on the national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors. The temple is admired for the architecture, the extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls. The modern name, Angkor Wat, means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor, meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor, which comes from the Sanskrit word nagara. Wat is the Khmer word for "temple grounds", derived from the Pali word "vatta." Prior to this time the temple was known as Preah Pisnulok, after the posthumous title of its founder. It is also the name of complex of temples, which includes Bayon and Preah Khan, in the vicinity. It is by far the most visited tourist attraction in Cambodia. More than half of all tourists to Cambodia visit Angkor.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    AngkorWat0703019.jpg
  • 22 DECEMBER 2012 - SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE: A wedding guest records video of a wedding on his smart phone at the Sultan Mosque in Singapore. The Sultan Mosque is the focal point of the historic Kampong Glam area of Singapore. Also known as Masjid Sultan, it was named for Sultan Hussein Shah. The mosque was originally built in the 1820s. The original structure was demolished in 1924 to make way for the current building, which was completed in 1928. The mosque holds great significance for the Muslim community, and is considered the national mosque of Singapore. It was designated a national monument in 1975.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A passerby uses a smart phone to photograph a Ruamkatanyu Foundation medical team trying to save the life of a boy hit by a vehicle near the Klong Toey slum in Bangkok. The child had severe head injuries and died at the scene. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Porters in Pak Klong Talat, the Bangkok flower market, check their smart phones while they wait for customers. Bangkok, a city of about 14 million, is famous for its raucous nightlife. But Bangkok's real nightlife is seen in its markets and street stalls, many of which are open through the night.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Porters in Pak Klong Talat, the Bangkok flower market, check their smart phones while they wait for customers. Bangkok, a city of about 14 million, is famous for its raucous nightlife. But Bangkok's real nightlife is seen in its markets and street stalls, many of which are open through the night.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People use their smart phones to photograph Aung San Suu Kyi at the NLD's last election rally of the 2015 election in the Yangon suburbs Sunday. Political parties are wrapping up their campaigns in Myanmar (Burma). National elections are scheduled for Sunday Nov. 8. The two principal parties are the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of democracy icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, and the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), led by incumbent President Thein Sein. There are more than 30 parties campaigning for national and local offices.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People use their smart phones to photograph Aung San Suu Kyi at the NLD's last election rally of the 2015 election in the Yangon suburbs Sunday. Political parties are wrapping up their campaigns in Myanmar (Burma). National elections are scheduled for Sunday Nov. 8. The two principal parties are the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of democracy icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, and the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), led by incumbent President Thein Sein. There are more than 30 parties campaigning for national and local offices.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People use their smart phones to photograph Aung San Suu Kyi at the NLD's last election rally of the 2015 election in the Yangon suburbs Sunday. Political parties are wrapping up their campaigns in Myanmar (Burma). National elections are scheduled for Sunday Nov. 8. The two principal parties are the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of democracy icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, and the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), led by incumbent President Thein Sein. There are more than 30 parties campaigning for national and local offices.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women chat and use their smart phones while they eat Thai desert soups at a street stall in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Thailand in general, and Bangkok in particular, has a vibrant tradition of street food and eating on the run. In recent years, Bangkok's street food has become something of an international landmark and is being written about in glossy travel magazines and in the pages of the New York Times.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Women on the BTS Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit) in Bangkok use their smart phones during their commute. The system consists of 32 stations along two lines: the Sukhumvit Line running northwards and eastwards, terminating at Mo Chit and Bearing respectively, and the Silom Line which plies Silom and Sathon Roads, the Central Business District of Bangkok, terminating at the National Stadium and Wongwian Yai. The lines interchange at Siam Station and have a combined route distance of 55 km.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Women on the BTS Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit) in Bangkok use their smart phones during their commute. The system consists of 32 stations along two lines: the Sukhumvit Line running northwards and eastwards, terminating at Mo Chit and Bearing respectively, and the Silom Line which plies Silom and Sathon Roads, the Central Business District of Bangkok, terminating at the National Stadium and Wongwian Yai. The lines interchange at Siam Station and have a combined route distance of 55 km.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation check their smart phones between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation check their smart phones between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokVolunteerMedics031.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation check their smart phones between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  School girls pose for photos with their smart phones at Wat Saket during the temple's annual fair. Wat Saket, popularly known as the Golden Mount or "Phu Khao Thong," is one of the most popular and oldest Buddhist temples in Bangkok. It dates to the Ayutthaya period (roughly 1350-1767 AD) and was renovated extensively when the Siamese fled Ayutthaya and established their new capitol in Bangkok. The temple holds an annual fair in November, the week of the full moon. It's one of the most popular temple fairs in Bangkok. The fair draws people from across Bangkok and spills out in the streets around the temple.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A sign on a Seoul sidewalk warning pedestrians about walking and texting or using smart phones.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A sign on a Seoul sidewalk warning pedestrians about walking and texting or using smart phones.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A sign on a Seoul sidewalk warning pedestrians about walking and texting or using smart phones.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: People ride a Filipino tricycle taxi while they leave their communities on the slopes of the Mayon volcano. There were a series of eruptions on the Mayon volcano near Legazpi Monday. The eruptions started Sunday night and continued through the day. At about midday the volcano sent a plume of ash and smoke towering over Camalig, the largest municipality near the volcano. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) extended the six kilometer danger zone to eight kilometers and raised the alert level from three to four. This is the first time the alert level has been at four since 2009. A level four alert means a "Hazardous Eruption is Imminent" and there is "intense unrest" in the volcano. The Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines. Sunday and Monday's eruptions caused ash falls in several communities but there were no known injuries.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 FEBRUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People take "selfies" in front of a small shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown district during the celebration of the Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year is also called Lunar New Year or Tet (in Vietnamese communities). This year is the "Year of the Monkey." Thailand has the largest overseas Chinese population in the world; about 14 percent of Thais are of Chinese ancestry and some Chinese holidays, especially Chinese New Year, are widely celebrated in Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Girls in traditional attire pose for a "selfie" before the 2015 Discover Thainess parade. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) sponsored the opening ceremony of the “2015 Discover Thainess” Campaign with a 3.5-kilometre parade through central Bangkok. The parade featured cultural shows from several parts of Thailand. Part of the “2015 Discover Thainess” campaign is a showcase of Thailand's culture and natural heritage and is divided into five categories that match the major regions of Thailand – Central Region, North, Northeast, East and South.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 DECEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women take a "selfie" under the lights at the New Year's party in Rathaprasong. Hundreds of thousands of people pack into the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok for the city's annual New Year's Eve countdown. Many Thais go the Erawan Shrine and Wat Pathum Wanaram near the intersection to pray and make merit before going to their New Year's parties.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 DECEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women take a "selfie" under the lights at the New Year's party in Rathaprasong. Hundreds of thousands of people pack into the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok for the city's annual New Year's Eve countdown. Many Thais go the Erawan Shrine and Wat Pathum Wanaram near the intersection to pray and make merit before going to their New Year's parties.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man holding the Thai flag and the King's flag photographs a special steam engine train leaving Hua Lamphong Train Station on the 86th birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand. Dec. 5, the King's Birthday, is a national holiday in Thailand, and is also celebrated as the country's "Fathers' Day." The State Railways of Thailand put on special trains to take people to the King's "Summer Palace" in the oceanside community of Hua Hin where the King granted a public audience. There were also merit making ceremonies throughout the country.  Many people wear yellow on the King's Birthday because yellow is the color associated with his reign. As of 2013, he was the longest reigning monarch in the world.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  SUKHUMBHAND PARIBATRA, candidate for Governor of Bangkok, poses for photos with students during a campaign appearance on Silom Road in Bangkok. The Oxford educated Sukhumbhand is a member of the Thai royal family (he is a great grandson of the late Thai King Chulalongkorn). He is a member of the Thai Democrat party and was first elected Governor of Bangkok in 2009. He is running for reelection this year. Sukhumbhand faces six challengers in the March 3 election. His toughest opponent is expected to be Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen, who is running under the banner of the Pheu Thai Party, which controls the Prime Minister's office and Parliament.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: People ride a Filipino tricycle taxi while they leave their communities on the slopes of the Mayon volcano. There were a series of eruptions on the Mayon volcano near Legazpi Monday. The eruptions started Sunday night and continued through the day. At about midday the volcano sent a plume of ash and smoke towering over Camalig, the largest municipality near the volcano. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) extended the six kilometer danger zone to eight kilometers and raised the alert level from three to four. This is the first time the alert level has been at four since 2009. A level four alert means a "Hazardous Eruption is Imminent" and there is "intense unrest" in the volcano. The Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines. Sunday and Monday's eruptions caused ash falls in several communities but there were no known injuries.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women take a "selfie" before donating alms to Buddhist monks at a special "tak bat" or merit making ceremony in the Ratchaprasong skywalk of the Bangkok BTS system. The tak bat was to honor Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. Food and other goods were given to the monks, who in turn gave the items to charities that will distribute them to Bangkok's poor. More than 100 Buddhist monks participated in the merit making ceremony. The ceremony was organized by the merchants in the Ratchaprasong Intersection, which includes some of Bangkok's most upscale shopping centers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JANUARY 2016 - NONTHABURI, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A woman takes selfie after she made merit by leaving blessed scarves at Wat Bua Khwan, a large Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok, Thailand.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 NOVEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Girls take "selfies" with an iPhone of the prayer bells they donated at the chedi on top of Wat Saket during the annual temple fair. Wat Saket is on a man-made hill in the historic section of Bangkok. The temple has golden spire that is 260 feet high which was the highest point in Bangkok for more than 100 years. The temple construction began in the 1800s in the reign of King Rama III and was completed in the reign of King Rama IV. The annual temple fair is held on the 12th lunar month, for nine days around the November full moon. During the fair a red cloth (reminiscent of a monk's robe) is placed around the Golden Mount while the temple grounds hosts Thai traditional theatre, food stalls and traditional shows.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 NOVEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Girls take "selfies" with an iPhone of the prayer bells they donated at the chedi on top of Wat Saket during the annual temple fair. Wat Saket is on a man-made hill in the historic section of Bangkok. The temple has golden spire that is 260 feet high which was the highest point in Bangkok for more than 100 years. The temple construction began in the 1800s in the reign of King Rama III and was completed in the reign of King Rama IV. The annual temple fair is held on the 12th lunar month, for nine days around the November full moon. During the fair a red cloth (reminiscent of a monk's robe) is placed around the Golden Mount while the temple grounds hosts Thai traditional theatre, food stalls and traditional shows.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pose for "selfies" on the red carpet in front "EmQuartier," a new mall in Bangkok. "EmQuartier" is across Sukhumvit Rd from Emporium. Both malls have the same corporate owner, The Mall Group, which reportedly spent 20Billion Thai Baht (about $600 million US) on the new mall and renovating the existing Emporium. EmQuartier and Emporium have about 450,000 square meters of retail, several hotels, numerous restaurants, movie theaters and the largest man made waterfall in Southeast Asia. EmQuartier celebrated its grand opening Friday, March 27.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman takes a "selfie" during a break in  prewedding photos in the old Customs House in Bangkok. With its evocative architecture and turn of the century mood, the Customs House is a popular setting for wedding photos and portraits. The old Customs House was once the financial gateway to Thailand (before 1932 called Siam). It was designed by an Italian architect in the 1880s. In the 1950s, customs moved to new, more modern building and the Customs House became the headquarters for the Marine firefighters. The firefighters now live in the decrepit buildings with their families.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Girls in traditional attire pose for a "selfie" before the 2015 Discover Thainess parade. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) sponsored the opening ceremony of the “2015 Discover Thainess” Campaign with a 3.5-kilometre parade through central Bangkok. The parade featured cultural shows from several parts of Thailand. Part of the “2015 Discover Thainess” campaign is a showcase of Thailand's culture and natural heritage and is divided into five categories that match the major regions of Thailand – Central Region, North, Northeast, East and South.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A girl in traditional attire snaps a "selfie" before the 2015 Discover Thainess parade. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) sponsored the opening ceremony of the “2015 Discover Thainess” Campaign with a 3.5-kilometre parade through central Bangkok. The parade featured cultural shows from several parts of Thailand. Part of the “2015 Discover Thainess” campaign is a showcase of Thailand's culture and natural heritage and is divided into five categories that match the major regions of Thailand – Central Region, North, Northeast, East and South.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai women in traditional outfits pose for a "selfie" on the lawn of Government House during Children's Day. National Children’s Day falls on the second Saturday of the year. Thai government agencies sponsor child friendly events and the military usually opens army bases to children, who come to play on tanks and artillery pieces. This year Thai Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha, hosted several events at Government House, the Prime Minister's office.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 APRIL 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Ministry of Justice employee uses her iPhone, which has a case modeled on the Thai flag, to photograph anti-government protestors in front of the Ministry. Several hundred anti-government protestors led by Suthep Thaugsuban went to the Ministry of Justice in Bangkok Tuesday. Suthep and the protestors met with representatives of the Ministry of Justice and expressed their belief that Thai politics need to be reformed and that corruption needed to be "seriously tackled." The protestors returned to their main protest site in Lumpini Park in central Bangkok after the meeting.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man holding the Thai flag and the King's flag photographs a special steam engine train leaving Hua Lamphong Train Station on the 86th birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand. Dec. 5, the King's Birthday, is a national holiday in Thailand, and is also celebrated as the country's "Fathers' Day." The State Railways of Thailand put on special trains to take people to the King's "Summer Palace" in the oceanside community of Hua Hin where the King granted a public audience. There were also merit making ceremonies throughout the country.  Many people wear yellow on the King's Birthday because yellow is the color associated with his reign. As of 2013, he was the longest reigning monarch in the world.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man holding the Thai flag and the King's flag photographs a special steam engine train leaving Hua Lamphong Train Station on the 86th birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand. Dec. 5, the King's Birthday, is a national holiday in Thailand, and is also celebrated as the country's "Fathers' Day." The State Railways of Thailand put on special trains to take people to the King's "Summer Palace" in the oceanside community of Hua Hin where the King granted a public audience. There were also merit making ceremonies throughout the country.  Many people wear yellow on the King's Birthday because yellow is the color associated with his reign. As of 2013, he was the longest reigning monarch in the world.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tourist dressed in a costume of the Royal Thai court circa 1800 takes pictures of herself with her iPhone in front of the central prang at Wat Arun. The outstanding feature of Wat Arun is its central prang (Khmer-style tower). The world-famous stupa will be closed for three years to undergo repairs and renovation along with other structures in the temple compound. This will be the biggest repair and renovation work on the stupa in the last 14 years. In the past, even while large-scale work was being done, the stupa used to remain open to tourists. It may be named "Temple of the Dawn" because the first light of morning reflects off the surface of the temple with a pearly iridescence. The height is reported by different sources as between 66,80 meters and 86 meters. The corners are marked by 4 smaller satellite prangs. The temple was built in the days of Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya and originally known as Wat Makok (The Olive Temple). King Rama IV gave the temple the present name Wat Arunratchawararam. Wat Arun officially ordained its first westerner, an American, in 2005. The central prang symbolizes Mount Meru of the Indian cosmology. The temple's distinctive silhouette is the logo of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tourist dressed in a costume of the Royal Thai court circa 1800 takes pictures of herself with her iPhone in front of the central prang at Wat Arun. The outstanding feature of Wat Arun is its central prang (Khmer-style tower). The world-famous stupa will be closed for three years to undergo repairs and renovation along with other structures in the temple compound. This will be the biggest repair and renovation work on the stupa in the last 14 years. In the past, even while large-scale work was being done, the stupa used to remain open to tourists. It may be named "Temple of the Dawn" because the first light of morning reflects off the surface of the temple with a pearly iridescence. The height is reported by different sources as between 66,80 meters and 86 meters. The corners are marked by 4 smaller satellite prangs. The temple was built in the days of Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya and originally known as Wat Makok (The Olive Temple). King Rama IV gave the temple the present name Wat Arunratchawararam. Wat Arun officially ordained its first westerner, an American, in 2005. The central prang symbolizes Mount Meru of the Indian cosmology. The temple's distinctive silhouette is the logo of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Hindu woman photographs services with her iPhone on the last day of Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations at Shiva Temple in Bangkok. Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the re-birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("Festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi. Ganesha is a widely worshipped Hindu deity and is revered by many Thai Buddhists. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. The last day of the festival is marked by the immersion of the deity, which symbolizes the cycle of creation and dissolution in nature. In Bangkok, the deity (statue) was submerged in the Chao Phraya River.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JANUARY 2013 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A person takes a photo of Norodom Sihanouk's crematorium at the National Museum in Phnom Penh. Norodom Sihanouk (31 October 1922 - 15 October 2012) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004. He was the effective ruler of Cambodia from 1953 to 1970. After his second abdication in 2004, he was given the honorific of "The King-Father of Cambodia." Sihanouk served two terms as king, two as sovereign prince, one as president, two as prime minister, as well as numerous positions as leader of various governments-in-exile. He served as puppet head of state for the Khmer Rouge government in 1975-1976. Most of these positions were only honorific, including the last position as constitutional king of Cambodia. Sihanouk's actual period of effective rule over Cambodia was from 9 November 1953, when Cambodia gained its independence from France, until 18 March 1970, when General Lon Nol and the National Assembly deposed him. Upon his final abdication, the Cambodian throne council appointed Norodom Sihamoni, one of Sihanouk's sons, as the new king. Sihanouk died in Beijing, China, where he was receiving medical care, on Oct. 15, 2012. His funeral procession, which will wind through Phnom Penh is Friday, Feb.1 and his cremation is on Feb. 4, 2013. Over a million people are expected to attend the service.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JANUARY 2013 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A person takes a photo of Norodom Sihanouk's crematorium at the National Museum in Phnom Penh. Norodom Sihanouk (31 October 1922 - 15 October 2012) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004. He was the effective ruler of Cambodia from 1953 to 1970. After his second abdication in 2004, he was given the honorific of "The King-Father of Cambodia." Sihanouk served two terms as king, two as sovereign prince, one as president, two as prime minister, as well as numerous positions as leader of various governments-in-exile. He served as puppet head of state for the Khmer Rouge government in 1975-1976. Most of these positions were only honorific, including the last position as constitutional king of Cambodia. Sihanouk's actual period of effective rule over Cambodia was from 9 November 1953, when Cambodia gained its independence from France, until 18 March 1970, when General Lon Nol and the National Assembly deposed him. Upon his final abdication, the Cambodian throne council appointed Norodom Sihamoni, one of Sihanouk's sons, as the new king. Sihanouk died in Beijing, China, where he was receiving medical care, on Oct. 15, 2012. His funeral procession, which will wind through Phnom Penh is Friday, Feb.1 and his cremation is on Feb. 4, 2013. Over a million people are expected to attend the service.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  SUKHUMBHAND PARIBATRA, candidate for Governor of Bangkok, poses for photos with students during a campaign appearance on Silom Road in Bangkok. The Oxford educated Sukhumbhand is a member of the Thai royal family (he is a great grandson of the late Thai King Chulalongkorn). He is a member of the Thai Democrat party and was first elected Governor of Bangkok in 2009. He is running for reelection this year. Sukhumbhand faces six challengers in the March 3 election. His toughest opponent is expected to be Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen, who is running under the banner of the Pheu Thai Party, which controls the Prime Minister's office and Parliament.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2018 - SINGAPORE: A life skills instructor (yellow tee shirt) helps adults with their smart phone in the Geylang neighborhood. The government of Singapore subsidizes life skill classes to help people cope with new technology, including classes for smart phones and tablets tailored to older adults. The Geylang area of Singapore, between the Central Business District and Changi Airport, was originally coconut plantations and Malay villages. During Singapore's boom the coconut plantations and other farms were pushed out and now the area is a working class community of Malay, Indian and Chinese people. In the 2000s, developers started gentrifying Geylang and new housing estate developments were built.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2018 - SINGAPORE: A life skills instructor (yellow tee shirt) helps adults with their smart phone in the Geylang neighborhood. The government of Singapore subsidizes life skill classes to help people cope with new technology, including classes for smart phones and tablets tailored to older adults. The Geylang area of Singapore, between the Central Business District and Changi Airport, was originally coconut plantations and Malay villages. During Singapore's boom the coconut plantations and other farms were pushed out and now the area is a working class community of Malay, Indian and Chinese people. In the 2000s, developers started gentrifying Geylang and new housing estate developments were built.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2018 - SINGAPORE: A life skills instructor (yellow tee shirt) helps adults with their smart phone in the Geylang neighborhood. The government of Singapore subsidizes life skill classes to help people cope with new technology, including classes for smart phones and tablets tailored to older adults. The Geylang area of Singapore, between the Central Business District and Changi Airport, was originally coconut plantations and Malay villages. During Singapore's boom the coconut plantations and other farms were pushed out and now the area is a working class community of Malay, Indian and Chinese people. In the 2000s, developers started gentrifying Geylang and new housing estate developments were built.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2019 - ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA: A woman checks her shopping list on her smart phone in the vegetable section of the Hmongtown Marketplace. Thousands of Hmong people, originally from the mountains of central Laos, settled in the Twin Cities in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Most were refugees displaced by the American war in Southeast Asia. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are now 66,000 ethnic Hmong in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, making it the largest urban Hmong population in the world. There are two large Hmong markers in St. Paul. The Hmongtown Marketplace has are more than 125 shops, 11 restaurants, and a farmers’ market in the summer. Hmong Village is newer and has more than 250 shops and 17 restaurants.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2019 - ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA: The child of a shopkeeper watches a video on his smart phone at the Hmongtown Marketplace. Thousands of Hmong people, originally from the mountains of central Laos, settled in the Twin Cities in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Most were refugees displaced by the American war in Southeast Asia. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are now 66,000 ethnic Hmong in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, making it the largest urban Hmong population in the world. There are two large Hmong markers in St. Paul. The Hmongtown Marketplace has are more than 125 shops, 11 restaurants, and a farmers’ market in the summer. Hmong Village is newer and has more than 250 shops and 17 restaurants.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JUNE 2019 - CENTRAL CITY, IOWA: PAIGE MILLER, 3, AVERY MILLER, 9, and ANNALIESE MILLER, 4, in dinosaur outfit, watch a video on a smart phone at the Linn County Fair. Summer is county fair season in Iowa. Most of Iowa’s 99 counties host their county fairs before the Iowa State Fair, August 8-18 this year. The Linn County Fair runs June 26 - 30. The first county fair in Linn County was in 1855. The fair provides opportunities for 4-H members, FFA members and the youth of Linn County to showcase their accomplishments and talents and provide activities, entertainment and learning opportunities to the diverse citizens of Linn County and guests.       <br />
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  • 08 APRIL 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Rep. TIM RYAN uses his smart phone to take a picture during a classroom visit at Callanan Middle School. Ryan, a candidate for the Democratic ticket of the US presidency, visited Callanan Middle School in Des Moines to discuss education issues. Ryan declared his candidacy on the US television show "The View" on April 4. Ryan, 45 years old, represents Ohio's 13th District, which includes Lordstown, where a large General Motors plant recently closed. He is the latest Democrat to announce his candidacy to be the Democratic nominee in the 2020 election. Iowa holds its presidential caucuses on Feb. 3, 2020.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 FEBRUARY 2019 - BAN LAEM, PHETCHABURI, THAILAND: A salt worker checks his smart phone on one of the first days of the 2019 salt harvest in Ban Laem, Thailand. Ban Laem's salt fields are expanding because salt harvesters in Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram,  which are closer to Bangkok, are moving to Ban Laem as their land is turned into industrial parks.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA:  A man who works for a Chinese enterprise in Sihanoukville checks his smart phone in front of his apartment building. There are thousands of Chinese workers in Sihanoukville who work to support the casino and hotel industry in the town. There are about 80 Chinese casinos and resort hotels open in Sihanoukville and dozens more under construction. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville  have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 DECEMBER 2018 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A rider on the newly opened BTS Skytrain east extension makes pictures with his smart phone on the first day of service on the line. The 12.6 kilometer (7.8 miles) east extension of the Sukhumvit Line of the Bangkok BTS Skytrain goes into Samut Prakan, a town east of Bangkok.  The system is now 51 kilometers long (32 miles), including the 12.6 kilometer extension that opened December 06. About 900,000 people per day use the BTS.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer is photographed by a child with a smart phone before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A performer puts on his costume boots while a stage hand checks his smart phone before a Chinese Opera at the Phek Leng Shrine in the Khlong Toey section of Bangkok. The shrine traditionally hosts a Chinese Opera just after the end of Lunar New Year festivities. Thailand is home to the largest population of overseas Chinese in the world, and Chinese cultural practices, like Chinese opera, called "ngiew" in Thailand, are popular. Many of the performers are ethnic Thais who don't speak Chinese. They learn their lines phonetically.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A performer puts on his costume boots while a stage hand checks his smart phone before a Chinese Opera at the Phek Leng Shrine in the Khlong Toey section of Bangkok. The shrine traditionally hosts a Chinese Opera just after the end of Lunar New Year festivities. Thailand is home to the largest population of overseas Chinese in the world, and Chinese cultural practices, like Chinese opera, called "ngiew" in Thailand, are popular. Many of the performers are ethnic Thais who don't speak Chinese. They learn their lines phonetically.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 FEBRUARY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman uses her umbrella for shade while she checks her smart phone at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat during Chinese New Year celebrations in the Chinatown neighborhood of Bangkok. Thailand has a large Chinese community and Lunar New Year is widely celebrated, especially in larger cities. This will be the Year of the Dog.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People use their smart phone to photograph the Royal Crematorium on Sanam Luang in Bangkok. The crematorium was used for the funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. He was cremated on 26 October 2017. The crematorium is open to visitors until 31 December 2017. It will be torn down early in 2018. More than 3 million people have visited the crematorium since it opened to the public after the cremation of the King.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman from upcountry Myanmar who said she is going to the papal mass Wednesday, checks her smart phone in the sanctuary at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman from upcountry Myanmar who said she is going to the papal mass Wednesday, checks her smart phone in the sanctuary at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A fish buyer checks his smart phone on a pier at the San Pya Fish Market. San Pya Fish Market is one of the largest fish markets in Yangon. It's a 24 hour market, but busiest early in the morning. Most of the fish in the market is wild caught but aquaculture is expanding in Myanmar and more farmed fresh water fish is being sold now than in the past.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A shopkeeper in Bo Bae Market checks his smart phone while he waits for customers. Bo Bae Market is a sprawling wholesale clothing market in Bangkok. There are reportedly more than 1,200 stalls selling clothes made in Thailand and neighboring countries. Bangkok officials have threatened to shut down parts of Bo Bae market, but so far it has escaped the fate of the other street markets that have been shut down.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai uses a smart phone to make a picture of one of the pictures in the photo exhibit honoring Bhumibol Adulyadej, the late King of Thailand. The Royal Photographic Society of Thailand with the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and Thai Beverage Public Company Limited are hosting a photography exhibition to commemorate the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The "In Remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej" Photography Exhibition is dsiplaying 89 photographs by 89 photographers honoring King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s legacy. The King was an avid photographer was usually seen with a camera in his hands. The exhibition will be on display until 27 November 2016 on the Curved Walls on the 3rd - 5th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai uses a smart phone to make a picture of one of the pictures in the photo exhibit honoring Bhumibol Adulyadej, the late King of Thailand. The Royal Photographic Society of Thailand with the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and Thai Beverage Public Company Limited are hosting a photography exhibition to commemorate the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The "In Remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej" Photography Exhibition is dsiplaying 89 photographs by 89 photographers honoring King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s legacy. The King was an avid photographer was usually seen with a camera in his hands. The exhibition will be on display until 27 November 2016 on the Curved Walls on the 3rd - 5th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 OCTOBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man selling portraits of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, on a street in front of the Grand Palace uses his smart phone to take a picture of the Ministry of Defense building in Bangkok. King Bhumibol Adulyadej died Oct. 13, 2016. He was 88. His death comes after a period of failing health. With the king's death, the world's longest-reigning monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who ascended to the British throne in 1952. Bhumibol Adulyadej, was born in Cambridge, MA, on 5 December 1927. He was the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri Dynasty and is known as Rama IX. He became King on June 9, 1946 and served as King of Thailand for 70 years, 126 days. He was, at the time of his death, the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man checks his smart phone on the bank of a canal that runs past the Pom Mahakan slum in central Bangkok. The Pom Mahakan community is known for fireworks, fighting cocks and bird cages. Mahakan Fort was built in 1783 during the reign of Siamese King Rama I. It was one of 14 fortresses designed to protect Bangkok from foreign invaders. Only two of the forts are still standing, the others have been torn down. A community developed in the fort when people started building houses and moving into it during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). The land was expropriated by Bangkok city government in 1992, but the people living in the fort refused to move. In 2004 courts ruled against the residents and said the city could evict them. The city vowed to start the evictions on Sept 3, 2016, but this week Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-O-Cha, sided with the residents of the fort and said they should be allowed to stay. Residents are hopeful that the city will accede to the wishes of the Prime Minister and let them stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  A girl sits in her father's lap while she plays games on her smart phone at a mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people will be cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud will conclude Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy watches videos on his smart phone near the khlong (canal) that runs behind the squatters' community at Mahakan Fort. Mahakan Fort was built in 1783 during the reign of Siamese King Rama I. It was one of 14 fortresses designed to protect Bangkok from foreign invaders, and only of two remaining, the others have been torn down. A community developed in the fort when people started building houses and moving into it during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). The land was expropriated by Bangkok city government in 1992, but the people living in the fort refused to move. In 2004 courts ruled against the residents and said the city could take the land. The final eviction notices were posted last week and the residents given until April 30 to move out. After that their homes, some of which are nearly 200 years old, will be destroyed.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A woman checks her smart phone after voting in her polling place in North Okkalapa, a township outside of Yangon center. The citizens of Myanmar went to the polls Sunday to vote in the most democratic elections since 1990. The National League for Democracy, (NLD) the party of Aung San Suu Kyi is widely expected to get the most votes in the election, but it is not certain if they will get enough votes to secure an outright victory. The polls opened at 6AM. In Yangon, some voters started lining up at 4AM and lines were reported to long in many polling stations in Myanmar's largest city.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A member of the Vietnamese delegation uses his smart phone to snap a picture of NGUYEN TAN DUNG (left), Prime Minister of Vietnam,  and PRAYUTH CHAN-O-CHA, Prime Minister of Thailand, (right) at a ceremony for signing bilateral agreements between Thailand and Vietnam at Government House in Bangkok. The Vietnamese Prime Minister and his wife came to Bangkok for the 3rd Thailand - Vietnam Joint Cabinet Retreat. The Thai and Vietnamese Prime Minister discussed issues of mutual interest.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 JUNE 2015 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A woman uses her smart phone after Ramadan services at Pattani Central Mosque. Thousands of people come to Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, to mark the first night of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief. This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Islam is the second largest religion in Thailand. Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala provinces, all on the Malaysian border, have a Muslim majority.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Street food vendors on Sukhumvit Soi 38 check their smart phone while they wait for customers. Soi 38 is one of the most popular street food areas in Bangkok. The food carts and small restaurants along the street have been popular with tourists and Thais alike for more than 40 years. The family that owns the land along the soi recently decided to sell to a condominium developer and not renew the restaurant owners' leases. More than 40 restaurants and food carts will have to close. The first wave of closings could start as soon June 21 and all of the restaurants are supposed to close over the next several months.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2105 - SIEM REAP, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A tourist photographs Angkor Wat with his smart phone at sunrise while another tourist use a digital SLR. The area known as "Angkor Wat" is a sprawling collection of archeological ruins and temples. The area was developed by ancient Khmer (Cambodian) Kings starting as early as 1150 CE and renovated and expanded around 1180CE by Jayavarman VII. Angkor Wat is now considered the seventh wonder of the world and is Cambodia's most important tourist attraction.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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