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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man takes a selfie with his iPhone at the start of the Ride for Mom in Bangkok. More than 100,000 people across Thailand participated in the Bike For Mom event in honor of Queen Sirikit, who celebrated her 83rd birthday August 12. In Bangkok, the ride was led by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, the Crown Prince of Thailand and Sirikit's only son. Queen Sirikit, who is in poor health and living in a hospital, was unable to attend the bike ride.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man takes a selfie with his iPhone at the start of the Ride for Mom in Bangkok. More than 100,000 people across Thailand participated in the Bike For Mom event in honor of Queen Sirikit, who celebrated her 83rd birthday August 12. In Bangkok, the ride was led by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, the Crown Prince of Thailand and Sirikit's only son. Queen Sirikit, who is in poor health and living in a hospital, was unable to attend the bike ride.    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 22 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A bank of pay phones in Hua Lamphong Train Station in Bangkok.      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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  • 19 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A member of the audience takes a "selfie" with his iPhone with a performer during a mor lam show in Khlong Tan Market in Bangkok. Mor Lam is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan (northeast Thailand). It is sometimes compared to American country music, song usually revolve around unrequited love, mor lam and the complexities of rural life. Mor Lam shows are an important part of festivals and fairs in rural Thailand. Mor lam has become very popular in Isan migrant communities in Bangkok. Once performed by bands and singers, live performances are now spectacles, involving several singers, a dance troupe and comedians. The dancers (or hang khreuang) in particular often wear fancy costumes, and singers go through several costume changes in the course of a performance. Prathom Bunteung Silp is one of the best known Mor Lam troupes in Thailand with more than 250 performers and a total crew of almost 300 people. The troupe has been performing for more 55 years. It forms every August and performs through June then breaks for the rainy season.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman (in yellow) buys a new iPhone 5c in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man looks at an iPhone 5s in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman sells iPhone 5s models in an electronics shop in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boxed iPhone 5c models in a display case in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An electronics shop owner advertises that she has iPhone 5s models for sale in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman in MBK in Bangkok touts the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c for a shop that expects to have phones to sell by Sept 25. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman in MBK in Bangkok touts the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c for a shop that expects to have phones to sell by Sept 25. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman in MBK in Bangkok touts the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c for a shop that expects to have phones to sell by Sept 25. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman in MBK in Bangkok touts the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c for a shop that expects to have phones to sell by Sept 25. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Cambodian teenager talks to a friend on his cellphone in his corrugated metal dormitory housing at the construction site of a new high rise apartment / condominium building on Soi 22 Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok. The boy works on the site with his parents. The workers live in the corrugated metal dorms on the site. Most of the workers at the site are Cambodian immigrants.             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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  • 23 DECEMBER 2012 - SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE:  Interior view of Sim Lim Square in Singapore. Sim Lim Square, commonly referred to as SLS, is a large retail complex that offers a wide variety of electronic goods and services ranging from DVDs, cameras, phones, video cameras, and computer parts and servicing. SLS is opposite the historic  Little India district and close to one of the earliest HDB (Singapore housing agency) developments. SLS is accessible via MRT at Bugis or Little India.   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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  • 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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  • 12 JULY 2012 - HOLBROOK, AZ:  Wind turbines at the Dry Lake Wind Farm Project near Holbrook, AZ. Dry Lake Wind Power Project is Arizona's first modern, commercial-scale wind farm. Iberdrola Renewables, LLC developed and built the project on a combination of private, state and federal lands in northeastern Arizona. Landowners include the Rocking Chair Ranch, Arizona State Land Department and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The project's 30 Suzlon wind turbines generate 63 megawatts (MW) of electricity for Salt River Project (SRP), the third-largest public power utility in the nation, serving customers in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. SRP estimates that's enough electricity to power approximately 15,000 average Arizona homes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - HOLBROOK, AZ:  Wind turbines at the Dry Lake Wind Farm Project near Holbrook, AZ. Dry Lake Wind Power Project is Arizona's first modern, commercial-scale wind farm. Iberdrola Renewables, LLC developed and built the project on a combination of private, state and federal lands in northeastern Arizona. Landowners include the Rocking Chair Ranch, Arizona State Land Department and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The project's 30 Suzlon wind turbines generate 63 megawatts (MW) of electricity for Salt River Project (SRP), the third-largest public power utility in the nation, serving customers in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. SRP estimates that's enough electricity to power approximately 15,000 average Arizona homes.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 - SIERRA VISTA, AZ: A Predator drone in flight over southern Arizona. The Predator is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle used by the Border Patrol for surveillance along the Arizona stretch of the US/Mexico border. The aircraft are flown along the US Mexico border by US Border Patrol agents based in Texas and Arizona.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency flies thePredator drones at an altitude of 15,000 feet for policing immigration, drug smugglers and terrorists along the U.S.-Mexico border.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 - SIERRA VISTA, AZ: A contract worker tows a US Customs and Border Protection Predator to the flight line at Ft. Huachuca, in Sierra Vista, AZ. The Predator is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle used by the Border Patrol for surveillance along the Arizona stretch of the US/Mexico border. The aircraft are flown along the US Mexico border by US Border Patrol agents based in Texas and Arizona.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency flies thePredator drones at an altitude of 15,000 feet for policing immigration, drug smugglers and terrorists along the U.S.-Mexico border.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 - SIERRA VISTA, AZ: The camera array in the nose of a Predator drone. The Predator is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle used by the Border Patrol for surveillance along the Arizona stretch of the US/Mexico border. The aircraft are flown along the US Mexico border by US Border Patrol agents based in Texas and Arizona.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency flies thePredator drones at an altitude of 15,000 feet for policing immigration, drug smugglers and terrorists along the U.S.-Mexico border.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 - SIERRA VISTA, AZ: Contract workers at Ft. Huachuca, a US Army base in Sierra Vista, service  a Predator, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, used by the Border Patrol for surveillance along the Arizona stretch of the US/Mexico border. The aircraft are flown along the US Mexico border by US Border Patrol agents based in Texas and Arizona.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency flies thePredator drones at an altitude of 15,000 feet for policing immigration, drug smugglers and terrorists along the U.S.-Mexico border.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 - SIERRA VISTA, AZ: The camera array in the nose of a Predator drone. The Predator is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle used by the Border Patrol for surveillance along the Arizona stretch of the US/Mexico border. The aircraft are flown along the US Mexico border by US Border Patrol agents based in Texas and Arizona.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency flies thePredator drones at an altitude of 15,000 feet for policing immigration, drug smugglers and terrorists along the U.S.-Mexico border.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2012 - HAI PHONG, VIETNAM: A Vietnamese boy plays with a passenger's iPhone on the return leg of the Hanoi to Hai Phong Express. Apple products and Steve Jobs have achieved cult like status in Vietnam and iPhones and iPads are widely available throughout the country. iPhones are sold side by side with Android phones but Vietnamese consumers overwhelmingly prefer the Apple products. The Hanoi to Hai Phong Express Train runs several times a day between Long Bien Station in Hanoi and the Hai Phong Station. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and Hai Phong is the 4th largest city in Vietnam. Hai Phong is the principal industrial port in the northern part of Vietnam. It was heavily bombed and mined during the American War (what Americans call the Vietnam War).   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 OCTOBER 2011 - SCOTTSDALE, AZ:   Shoppers in the Apple Store in the Scottsdale Quarter shop for the iPhone 4S and accessories Friday morning. Hundreds of people lined up at the Apple Store in the Scottsdale Quarter in Scottsdale, AZ, Friday, Oct. 14, to buy the iPhone 4S. The phone sold out in pre-orders last week and sales at the Scottsdale Apple Store were brisk through the morning.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 OCTOBER 2011 - SCOTTSDALE, AZ:   Apple Store employees run around the Apple Store at the Scottsdale Quarter just before opening the store and starting sales of the iPhone 4S. Hundreds of people lined up at the Apple Store in the Scottsdale Quarter in Scottsdale, AZ, Friday, Oct. 14, to buy the iPhone 4S. The phone sold out in pre-orders last week and sales at the Scottsdale Apple Store were brisk through the morning.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 OCTOBER 2011 - SCOTTSDALE, AZ:   People wait in line at the Apple Store in Scottsdale Quarter to buy the new iPhone 4S. Hundreds of people lined up at the Apple Store in the Scottsdale Quarter in Scottsdale, AZ, Friday, Oct. 14, to buy the iPhone 4S. The phone sold out in pre-orders last week and sales at the Scottsdale Apple Store were brisk through the morning.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 OCTOBER 2011 - SCOTTSDALE, AZ:   People wait in line at the Apple Store in Scottsdale Quarter to buy the new iPhone 4S. Hundreds of people lined up at the Apple Store in the Scottsdale Quarter in Scottsdale, AZ, Friday, Oct. 14, to buy the iPhone 4S. The phone sold out in pre-orders last week and sales at the Scottsdale Apple Store were brisk through the morning.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 OCTOBER 2011 - SCOTTSDALE, AZ:   An Apple Store employee talks to HILLARY CLARK, 9, before the iPhone 4S went on sale at the Apple Store in Scottsdale Quarter. Hillary was with her father, they arrived at the Apple Store at 9:30PM Thursday and spent the night camped with others who wanted to be the first to get their hands on the new iPhone. Hundreds of people lined up at the Apple Store in the Scottsdale Quarter in Scottsdale, AZ, Friday, Oct. 14, to buy the iPhone 4S. The phone sold out in pre-orders last week and sales at the Scottsdale Apple Store were brisk through the morning.     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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  • 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 MARCH 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Decommissioned pay phones in a hallway in the Queen Sirikit Convention Center MRT Station. The MRT is Bangkok's subway system.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 MARCH 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Decommissioned pay phones in a hallway in the Queen Sirikit Convention Center MRT Station. The MRT is Bangkok's subway system.      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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  • 08 APRIL 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An entertainer uses an iPhone for a video chat before the "Amazing Songkran" festival in Benchasiri Park in Bangkok. The festival was sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to highlight the cultural aspects of Songkran. Songkran is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 16 April. Songkran is in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season and provides an excuse for people to cool off in friendly water fights that take place throughout the country. Songkran has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. Songkran 2017 is expected to be more subdued than Songkran usually is because Thais are still mourning the October 2016 death of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.       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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, watch the public in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok. There are reported to be more than 10,000 CCTV cameras in Bangkok, although many are said to be nonfunctional or otherwise broken. Thai police said CCTV cameras helped them track the bomber who killed 20 people at Erawan Shrine, which is in Ratchaprsong.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2105 - NARATHIWAT, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND:   Market vendors work under a CCTV camera that records car license plates in Narathiwat. Thailand makes extensive use of CCTV to monitor for insurgents. There is a Muslim insurgency against the central government active in Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala. About 6,000 people have been killed in the 10 year old insurgency.     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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  • 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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  • 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: 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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  • 11 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys watch videos on a tablet computer in Pak Khlong Talat, the flower market in Bangkok. The market, which runs along the Chao Phraya River, is the largest flower market in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys watch videos on a tablet computer in Pak Khlong Talat, the flower market in Bangkok. The market, which runs along the Chao Phraya River, is the largest flower market in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys watch videos on a tablet computer in Pak Khlong Talat, the flower market in Bangkok. The market, which runs along the Chao Phraya River, is the largest flower market in Thailand.     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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  • 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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  • 02 MARCH 2014 - MYAWADDY, KAYIN, MYANMAR (BURMA): A rice sellers watches a movie on his laptop in the main market in Mywaddy, Myanmar. Myawaddy is separated from the Thai border town of Mae Sot by the Moei River. Myawaddy is the most important trading point between Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 MARCH 2014 - MYAWADDY, KAYIN, MYANMAR (BURMA):  A woman who operates a phone stand takes messages for customers in her shop in Myawaddy, Myanmar. Most people in Myawaddy don't have phones yet. Myawaddy is separated from the Thai border town of Mae Sot by the Moei River. Myawaddy is the most important trading point between Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 MARCH 2014 - MYAWADDY, KAYIN, MYANMAR (BURMA):  A woman who operates a phone stand takes messages for customers in her shop in Myawaddy, Myanmar. Most people in Myawaddy don't have phones yet. Myawaddy is separated from the Thai border town of Mae Sot by the Moei River. Myawaddy is the most important trading point between Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.  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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman (in yellow) buys a new iPhone 5c in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman (in yellow) buys a new iPhone 5c in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman (in yellow) buys a new iPhone 5c in an electronics shop in MBK in Bangkok. Customers around the world lined up Friday to pick up Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s and its lower cost, more colorful brother, the iPhone 5c. The phones went on sale in the US and select countries beyond the US on Friday. The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will not be officially released in Thailand until late 2013 but the phones are available through the unofficial grey market in MBK, a huge shopping complex in Bangkok with dozens of small electronics shops. Early purchasers in Thailand pay a premium for the new iPhones, the top of the line iPhone 5s with 64 gigabytes of memory is about 38,500Baht, more than $1,200 (US).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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