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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese crew members of Thai owned fishing trawlers leave their boats in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, after a night in the Gulf of Siam, Oct. 6. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 3, 2009 - CHONBURI, THAILAND: A jockey gallops his water buffalo down the track during the first day of races at the Chonburi Buffalo Races Festival, Saturday, Oct. 3. Contestants race water buffalo about 200 meters down a muddy straight away. The buffalo races in Chonburi first took place in 1912 for Thai King Rama VI. Now the races have evolved into a festival that marks the end of Buddhist Lent and is held on the first full moon of the 11th lunar month (either October or November). Thousands of people come to Chonburi, about 90 minutes from Bangkok, for the races and carnival midway. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:   Workers sort fish in the fishing port of Pattani, Thailand. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept 27, 2009 -- BACHO, NARATHIWAT: Muslims vandalize a Thai road sign by painting over the Thai script with Yawe, the local language (a dialect of Malay). Language is one the key issues in the conflict in southern Thailand. Local Muslims want to use Yawe, the Thai government insists all official communication be done in Thai. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Men gather for Friday prayers in the Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The mosque's Imam said a special prayer on this day for the Thai King who is in a hospital in Bangkok. Pattani's Central Mosque is considered the most architecturally striking mosque in Thailand and was a leading tourist site until the current violence put an end to mass tourism in Pattani. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Soldiers and police officers accompany Buddhist monks on their morning rounds soliciting alms in Pattani, Thailand. Monks have been the targets of Muslim insurgent assassins who kill representatives of Thai Buddhist culture include monks and teachers. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim men pray at Krue Se Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The Krue Se Mosque is one of Thailand's most historic mosques and long a flash point in Muslim - Buddhist confrontation. The mosque was first destroyed by advancing Thais when Pattani was an independent kingdom in 1786. It was restored in the 1980's but heavily damaged by rockets fired by unknown assailants in 2005. It has since been partially restored by local Muslims and the Thai government. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently and nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 23, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman sells meat in the Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok, Thailand. Khlong Toey Market is the largest market in Bangkok. Vendors sell everything from meat and fish to fruit and vegetables. They also sell clothes and dry goods in the market. Many working class Thais shop for food everyday because they don't have refrigerators and can't store food at home.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 04 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai high school marching band performs during the "Kid's Carnival" in front of the Siam Center in Bangkok, Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Oct. 7, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A "Ladyboy" puts on her makeup before performing the Mambo Cabaret. The performers at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand are all "Ladyboys," or kathoeys in Thai. Recognized as a third gender, between male and female, they are born biologically male but live their lives as women. Many kathoey realize they are third gender in their early teens, some only as old 12 or 13. Kathoeys frequently undergo gender reassignment surgery to become women. Being a kathoey in Thailand does not carry the same negative connotation that being a transgendered person in the West does. A number of prominent Thai entertainers are kathoeys. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: An 8 month old Burmese baby girl plays on a mattress in her parents' one room tenement in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Her parents are Burmese immigrants who came to Thailand to work in the fishing industry. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 3, 2009 - CHONBURI, THAILAND: A jockey gallops his water buffalo down the track during the first day of races at the Chonburi Buffalo Races Festival, Saturday, Oct. 3. Contestants race water buffalo about 200 meters down a muddy straight away. The buffalo races in Chonburi first took place in 1912 for Thai King Rama VI. Now the races have evolved into a festival that marks the end of Buddhist Lent and is held on the first full moon of the 11th lunar month (either October or November). Thousands of people come to Chonburi, about 90 minutes from Bangkok, for the races and carnival midway. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:   Muslim women sort fish in the fishing port in Pattani, Thailand, Sept. 27. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Workers off load a fishing boat in the fishing port of Pattani, Thailand, Sept 27.  Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim women butcher chickens for customers in the morning market in Pattani, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai soldiers patrol downtown Pattani, Thailand on motorcycles. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim men pray at Krue Se Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The Krue Se Mosque is one of Thailand's most historic mosques and long a flash point in Muslim - Buddhist confrontation. The mosque was first destroyed by advancing Thais when Pattani was an independent kingdom in 1786. It was restored in the 1980's but heavily damaged by rockets fired by unknown assailants in 2005. It has since been partially restored by local Muslims and the Thai government. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently and nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 1, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  ORACHUN (center, white uniform) a medic with Poh Teck Tung and volunteers from Poh Teck Tung check the ID papers of a woman in Bangkok who attempted suicide. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 04 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Passengers get off the Sky Train at the Sala Daeng station in Bangkok, Thailand.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Hundreds of Buddha statues surround the main chapel at Wat Suthat. Wat Suthat, in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the most important Buddhist temples in Thailand. Parts of it were made Thai King Rama II. It features both the largest odination hall and largest main chapel of any Buddhist temple in Thailand.   Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray in front of the main chapel at Wat Suthat. Wat Suthat, in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the most important Buddhist temples in Thailand. Parts of it were made Thai King Rama II. It features both the largest odination hall and largest main chapel of any Buddhist temple in Thailand.   Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray in front of the ordination hall at Wat Suthat. Wat Suthat, in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the most important Buddhist temples in Thailand. Parts of it were made Thai King Rama II. It features both the largest odination hall and largest main chapel of any Buddhist temple in Thailand.   Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People praying at the Kuan Yim Shrine in Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand. The shrine was founded by and is maintained by the Thian Fa Foundation, one of the first charitable foundations in Bangkok to provide medical care for the poor. Chinatown is the old commercial heart of Bangkok with thousands of small shops selling everything from clothes to dried fish to case lots of shoes and gem stones.   Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • Oct. 7, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  "Ladyboys" wave at spectators and try to entice them into providing tips after a performance at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand. The performers also sometimes date the male customers of the cabaret. The performers at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand are all "Ladyboys," or kathoeys in Thai. Recognized as a third gender, between male and female, they are born biologically male but live their lives as women. Many kathoey realize they are third gender in their early teens, some only as old 12 or 13. Kathoeys frequently undergo gender reassignment surgery to become women. Being a kathoey in Thailand does not carry the same negative connotation that being a transgendered person in the West does. A number of prominent Thai entertainers are kathoeys. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 7, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: "Ladyboys" help each other put their makeup on backstage at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand. The performers at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand are all "Ladyboys," or kathoeys in Thai. Recognized as a third gender, between male and female, they are born biologically male but live their lives as women. Many kathoey realize they are third gender in their early teens, some only as old 12 or 13. Kathoeys frequently undergo gender reassignment surgery to become women. Being a kathoey in Thailand does not carry the same negative connotation that being a transgendered person in the West does. A number of prominent Thai entertainers are kathoeys. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 7, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A traditional style Thai headdress worn in the revue by "ladyboys" backstage at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand. The performers at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand are all "Ladyboys," or kathoeys in Thai. Recognized as a third gender, between male and female, they are born biologically male but live their lives as women. Many kathoey realize they are third gender in their early teens, some only as old 12 or 13. Kathoeys frequently undergo gender reassignment surgery to become women. Being a kathoey in Thailand does not carry the same negative connotation that being a transgendered person in the West does. A number of prominent Thai entertainers are kathoeys. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 7, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tattoos on "Ladyboys" at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand. The performers at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand are all "Ladyboys," or kathoeys in Thai. Recognized as a third gender, between male and female, they are born biologically male but live their lives as women. Many kathoey realize they are third gender in their early teens, some only as old 12 or 13. Kathoeys frequently undergo gender reassignment surgery to become women. Being a kathoey in Thailand does not carry the same negative connotation that being a transgendered person in the West does. A number of prominent Thai entertainers are kathoeys. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 7, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Ladyboys put their makeup on backstage at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok. The performers at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand are all "Ladyboys," or kathoeys in Thai. Recognized as a third gender, between male and female, they are born biologically male but live their lives as women. Many kathoey realize they are third gender in their early teens, some only as old 12 or 13. Kathoeys frequently undergo gender reassignment surgery to become women. Being a kathoey in Thailand does not carry the same negative connotation that being a transgendered person in the West does. A number of prominent Thai entertainers are kathoeys. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 7, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A "Ladyboy" puts on her makeup in front of a mirror with a picture of her European boyfriend at the Mambo Cabaret. The performers at the Mambo Cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand are all "Ladyboys," or kathoeys in Thai. Recognized as a third gender, between male and female they are born biologically male but live their lives as women. They frequently undergo gender reassignment surgery to become women. Being a kathoey in Thailand does not carry the same negative connotation that being a transgendered person in the West does. A number of prominent Thai entertainers are kathoeys. Kathoeys frequently work in Thailand's sex trade and many times have long term relationships with European men who come to Thailand as tourists.     Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: TUN, a Burmese migrant in Samut Sakhon looks off the balcony of his one room tenement in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: TUN, 37 years old, and his wife, KHAI, and their baby daughter, KHANWAND, in their one room tenement in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Tun has lived in Thailand in for 15 years and has a Thai work permit. He was smuggled to Samut Sakhon from the Thai/Burma border near Kanchanaburi, Thailand. His wife came to Thailand from near Myawaddy, Burma three years ago to work in a fish processing plant in Samut Sakhon. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers in a Thai language class in a roof top classroom in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese workers in a Thai owned shrimp processing plant sort and grade shrimp in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Oct. 6. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese workers at a Thai owned shrimp processing plant take a break in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Oct. 6. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese crew member of a Thai fishing trawler unloads the boat after it returned to port in Samut Sakhon. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 3, 2009 - CHONBURI, THAILAND: Women dressed as traditional Thai dancers in the parade during the first day of races at the Chonburi Buffalo Races Festival, Saturday, Oct. 3. Contestants race water buffalo about 200 meters down a muddy straight away. The buffalo races in Chonburi first took place in 1912 for Thai King Rama VI. Now the races have evolved into a festival that marks the end of Buddhist Lent and is held on the first full moon of the 11th lunar month (either October or November). Thousands of people come to Chonburi, about 90 minutes from Bangkok, for the races and carnival midway. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: Members of the women's Ranger unit walks through the night market in Yarang, Thailand, during a security sweep, Sept. 29. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: A member of the women's Ranger unit plays with a Muslim baby during a security operation in the night market in Yarang, Thailand, Sept. 29. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: Thai soldiers clean up after a mysterious explosion in an elementary school office in rural Pattani province, Sept. 29. Muslim militants frequently target schools because they claim the public schools are a symbol of the Bangkok government. No one was hurt in the explosion and the official cause of the blast was undetermined.  Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- BAAN TROKBON, THAILAND: Women in the Thai Ranger unit bring medical assistance to people in a village they entered during a patrol.  The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- BAAN TROKBON, THAILAND: Thai women Army Rangers drill with their rifles at the their base. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- BAAN TROKBON, THAILAND: Thai women Rangers drill at their base. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Workers off load a fishing boat in the fishing port of Pattani, Thailand, Sept 27.  Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:   Men sort fish in the fishing port in Pattani, Thailand, Sept. 27. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:   A fishing boat comes back to port in Pattani, Thailand, Sept 27. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Muslim woman walk to work in the fishing port in Pattani, Thailand, Sept 27. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai soldiers provide security for children walking to the Gahong School in Pattani, Thailand, Sept 27. Schools and school teachers have been frequent targets of Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand and the army now provides security at many government schools.  Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai soldiers provide security for children walking to the Gahong School in Pattani, Thailand, Sept 27. Schools and school teachers have been frequent targets of Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand and the army now provides security at many government schools.  Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- SUNGAI KOLOK, THAILAND: A Malaysian boys plays in the Kolok River at an informal border crossing on the river in Sungai Golok, Narathiwat, Thailand. The Thai-Malaysia border in Narathiwat province sees a steady stream of cross border trade but tourism from Malaysia which once flourished for Malaysians who wanted to drink and enjoy other vices prohibited in Muslim Malaysia has all but stopped since violence by Muslim insurgents in south Thailand destroyed several tourist hotels. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- SUNGAI KOLOK, THAILAND: People leave Thailand to go to Malaysia at an informal border crossing on the Kolok River in Sungai Golok, Narathiwat, Thailand. The Thai-Malaysia border in Narathiwat province sees a steady stream of cross border trade but tourism from Malaysia which once flourished for Malaysians who wanted to drink and enjoy other vices prohibited in Muslim Malaysia has all but stopped since violence by Muslim insurgents in south Thailand destroyed several tourist hotels. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai Muslim men pray over the graves of family members in the Perkuboran To'Ayah Cemetery in Pattani, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai Muslim men pray over the graves of family members in the Perkuboran To'Ayah Cemetery in Pattani, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai Muslim men pray over the graves of family members in the Perkuboran To'Ayah Cemetery in Pattani, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through the crowd accepting donations of food during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through the crowd accepting donations of food during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhists pray during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony in Pattani, Thailand, Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Men gather for Friday prayers in the Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The mosque's Imam said a special prayer on this day for the Thai King who is in a hospital in Bangkok. Pattani's Central Mosque is considered the most architecturally striking mosque in Thailand and was a leading tourist site until the current violence put an end to mass tourism in Pattani. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A woman picks crabs out of the fishing nets in her husband's boat in a Thai Muslim fishing community in Pattani, Thailand. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim women butcher chickens for customers in the morning market in Pattani, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk gets into a Thai Army HUMVEE assigned to protect him during his morning rounds. Soldiers and police officers accompany Buddhist monks on their rounds soliciting alms in Pattani, Thailand. Monks have been the targets of Muslim insurgent assassins who kill representatives of Thai Buddhist culture include monks and teachers. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai Buddhists at a party in Pattani, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A worker walks along the side of a fishing boat being rebuilt in Siriudom Shipyards in Pattani, Thailand. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.   Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: While his wife, LAONDAO TRACHOWANICH watches him, THAN TRACHOWANICH, 52 years old, paints registration numbers on the side of a fishing boat being rebuilt in Siriudom Shipyards in Pattani, Thailand. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.   Photo By Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim men pray at Krue Se Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The Krue Se Mosque is one of Thailand's most historic mosques and long a flash point in Muslim - Buddhist confrontation. The mosque was first destroyed by advancing Thais when Pattani was an independent kingdom in 1786. It was restored in the 1980's but heavily damaged by rockets fired by unknown assailants in 2005. It has since been partially restored by local Muslims and the Thai government. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently and nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 24, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim men pray at Krue Se Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The Krue Se Mosque is one of Thailand's most historic mosques and long a flash point in Muslim - Buddhist confrontation. The mosque was first destroyed by advancing Thais when Pattani was an independent kingdom in 1786. It was restored in the 1980's but heavily damaged by rockets fired by unknown assailants in 2005. It has since been partially restored by local Muslims and the Thai government. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently and nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 1, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from Poh Teck Tung and neighbors crowd into the apartment of a woman who attempted suicide in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 23, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A homeless man makes flower garlands he sells to visitors of the King Rama I statue at the foot of Memorial Bridge in Bangkok. The homeless camp has been there for about 20 years. Most of the people who live there are children and teenagers ages 10 - 20. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 23, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A couple who lives in the homeless camp at the foot of Memorial Bridge in Bangkok. The homeless camp has been there for about 20 years. Most of the people who live there are children and teenagers ages 10 - 20. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 23, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People sell fresh fish in Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok, Thailand. Khlong Toey Market is the largest market in Bangkok. Vendors sell everything from meat and fish to fruit and vegetables. They also sell clothes and dry goods in the market. Many working class Thais shop for food everyday because they don't have refrigerators and can't store food at home.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 23, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Porters wait for customers in Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok, Thailand. The porters bring customers' purchase to waiting taxis because the alleys of the market are too narrow for cars. Khlong Toey Market is the largest market in Bangkok. Vendors sell everything from meat and fish to fruit and vegetables. They also sell clothes and dry goods in the market. Many working class Thais shop for food everyday because they don't have refrigerators and can't store food at home.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 23, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Fresh fish for sale in the Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok, Thailand. Khlong Toey Market is the largest market in Bangkok. Vendors sell everything from meat and fish to fruit and vegetables. They also sell clothes and dry goods in the market. Many working class Thais shop for food everyday because they don't have refrigerators and can't store food at home.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 22, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai woman prays in the garden of Siriraj Hospital for the speedy recovery of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 81-year-old King of Thailand. The King has been admitted to hospital suffering from a fever. Doctors at Siriraj Hospital said the world's longest-serving monarch, had shown signs of fatigue and was being treated with antibiotics. King Bhumibol is deeply revered by most Thais and his health is a matter of public anxiety. His Majesty was admitted on Saturday suffering from a fever, fatigue and loss of appetite. Doctors continued to treat the King with intravenous drips and antibiotics, hospital officials said. More than 3,500 people have come to the hospital to pray for the King's speedy recovery and to sign get well cards for him.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 22, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People sign get well cards in the lobby of Siriraj Hospital for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 81-year-old King of Thailand. The King has been admitted to hospital suffering from a fever. Doctors at Siriraj Hospital said the world's longest-serving monarch, had shown signs of fatigue and was being treated with antibiotics. King Bhumibol is deeply revered by most Thais and his health is a matter of public anxiety. His Majesty was admitted on Saturday suffering from a fever, fatigue and loss of appetite. Doctors continued to treat the King with intravenous drips and antibiotics, hospital officials said. More than 3,500 people have come to the hospital to pray for the King's speedy recovery and to sign get well cards for him.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 04 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai high school marching band performs during the "Kid's Carnival" in front of the Siam Center in Bangkok, Thailand.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 -- YARANG, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai woman Ranger talks to a Muslim woman and her children at a checkpoint in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese woman hangs her laundry on the roof of her tenement building in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese woman eats at a roadside soup stand in front of shrimp processing plant in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese children work in a Thai owned shrimp processing plant sorting and grading shrimp in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Oct. 6. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese woman holds her baby while other Burmese workers wait to start their shift at a shrimp processing plant in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Oct. 6. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: A member of the women's Ranger unit at an observation post on a street corner in Yarang, Thailand, talks to Muslim woman and her children during a security sweep in Yarang, Sept 29. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: Members of the women's Ranger unit during a security sweep through the night market in Yarang, Thailand, Sept. 29. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- YARANG, THAILAND: A Thai soldier turns away after seeing the results of a mysterious explosion in an elementary school office in rural Pattani province, Sept. 29. Muslim militants frequently target schools because they claim the public schools are a symbol of the Bangkok government. No one was hurt in the explosion and the official cause of the blast was undetermined.  Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- BAAN TROKBON, THAILAND: Thai women Army Rangers drill with their rifles at the their base. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 29, 2009 -- SAI BURI, THAILAND: A girl in a computer class at the Darunsat Wittya Islamic School in Sai Buri, Thailand. The school is the largest Muslim high school in Pattani province. Although it is a private school, the Thai government pays students' tuition to attend the school. The curriculum combines Thai official curriculum with Islamic curriculum. Many of the students go on to college level education in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The Thai government views Islamic high schools with suspicion, fearing they radicalize students. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 28, 2009 -- TANJONG DATO, THAILAND: A woman and her child walk through the Muslim village of Tanjong Dato, in the province of Pattani, Thailand. Everybody in the village is Muslim and they say they have no problems, but the roads around the village leading to the provincial capital of Pattani are too dangerous for them to use once it gets dark. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 27, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: School children in formation before class at the Gahong School in Pattani, Thailand, Sept 27. Most of the children in the school are Muslim. Schools and school teachers have been frequent targets of Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand and the army now provides security at many government schools.  Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Muslim man chats with a Thai soldier at a roadblock during a security operation near Krue Se Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Sept. 26. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  Buddhist women in Pattani, Thailand, pray during the Tak Bat Sankatan ceremony Saturday. Buddhists in Thailand's three southern most provinces gathered in Pattani Saturday, Sept 26 to celebrate Tak Bat Sankatan, the day Lord Buddha returned to earth and was greeted by a crawd of his disciples and Buddhist believers who were waiting to offer him food. Buddhists monks representing the 266 "Wats" (temples) in the three provinces (Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala) processed through the crowd and were presented with food and gifts.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND:  A man ties the claws of crab he caught before selling it in a Thai Muslim fishing community in Pattani, Thailand. Fishing is the main industry in Pattani, one of just three Thai provinces with a Muslim majority. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist Thais and Burmese Buddhist immigrants, are employed in the fishing industry, either crewing ships, working in processing plants or working in the ship building and refreshing yards.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: Buddhist monks on morning rounds soliciting alms in Pattani, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Medics from Poh Teck Tung determine time of death on a man they tried to save after a motorcycle accident in Bangkok, Thailand. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 2, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Poh Teck Tung ambulance careens through the streets of Bangkok on its way to an accident scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Oct. 1, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A medic with Poh Teck Tung eats dinner between calls at a streetside noodle stand in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • Sept. 23, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man delivers still living chickens to stalls in Khlong Toey Market in Bangkok, Thailand. Khlong Toey Market is the largest market in Bangkok. Vendors sell everything from meat and fish to fruit and vegetables. They also sell clothes and dry goods in the market. Many working class Thais shop for food everyday because they don't have refrigerators and can't store food at home.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 22, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais pray in the lobby of Siriraj Hospital for the speedy recovery of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 81-year-old King of Thailand. The King has been admitted to hospital suffering from a fever. Doctors at Siriraj Hospital said the world's longest-serving monarch, had shown signs of fatigue and was being treated with antibiotics. King Bhumibol is deeply revered by most Thais and his health is a matter of public anxiety. His Majesty was admitted on Saturday suffering from a fever, fatigue and loss of appetite. Doctors continued to treat the King with intravenous drips and antibiotics, hospital officials said. More than 3,500 people have come to the hospital to pray for the King's speedy recovery and to sign get well cards for him.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 22, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks sign get well notes in the lobby of Siriraj Hospital for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 81-year-old King of Thailand. The King, a former monk himself, has been admitted to hospital suffering from a fever. Doctors at Siriraj Hospital said the world's longest-serving monarch, had shown signs of fatigue and was being treated with antibiotics. King Bhumibol is deeply revered by most Thais and his health is a matter of public anxiety. His Majesty was admitted on Saturday suffering from a fever, fatigue and loss of appetite. Doctors continued to treat the King with intravenous drips and antibiotics, hospital officials said. More than 3,500 people have come to the hospital to pray for the King's speedy recovery and to sign get well cards for him.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A McDonald's fast food restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 -- YARANG, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai woman Ranger talks to a Muslim woman and her children at a checkpoint in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 -- YARANG, PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai women Rangers, a paramilitary unit commanded by Thai Army officers, at a security checkpoint at a street fair in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand. The 39 women in the 44th Army Ranger Regiment are the only Thai women seeing front line active duty against Moslem insurgents in Thailand's deep south provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. All of the other women serving in Thai security services are employed as office and clerical workers. The Ranger women are based at the Ranger camp in the Buddhist village of Baan Trokbon in Sai Buri district of Pattani province. The unit was formed in 2006 after Muslims complained about the way Thai soldiers, all men, treated Muslim women at roadblocks and during security sweeps. The women are frequently called upon to back up Thai regular army units when they are expected to encounter a large number of Muslim women. At least two of the women have been killed by Muslim insurgents. The unit has both Muslim and Buddhist members. Many of the women in the unit joined after either their fathers or husbands were killed by insurgents.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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