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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The crowd in MRT Sukhmvit station during Friday evening rush hour. The MRT is Bangkok's subway system.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai Red Shirt carries the Thai flag through the crowd in front of the Red Shirts' main stage Wednesday. The Thai government said Wednesday that time has run out for "Red Shirt" protesters in Ratchaprasong and Sala Daeng intersections in Bangkok and that a crackdown could come at any time. As news of the anticipated crackdown spread, Red Shirt protesters continued with an almost festive mood at their main stage but many of the sleeping areas around the protest site appeared to be empty. No official estimates on crowd size are available.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 NOVEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The crowd in MRT Sukhmvit station during Friday evening rush hour. The MRT is Bangkok's subway system.      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:  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:  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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  • 01 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman with up a picture of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, and his wife, Queen Sirikit, while she uses her smart phone to videotape the crowd in front of Siriraj Hospital, before the King left the hospital Thursday. The King, 85, was discharged from Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, where he has lived since September 2009. He traveled to his residence in the seaside town of Hua Hin, about two hours drive south of Bangkok, with his wife, 80-year-old Queen Sirikit, who has also been treated in the hospital for a year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The crowd in front of Siriraj Hospital, before Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, left the hospital Thursday. The King, 85, was discharged from Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, where he has lived since September 2009. He traveled to his residence in the seaside town of Hua Hin, about two hours drive south of Bangkok, with his wife, 80-year-old Queen Sirikit, who has also been treated in the hospital for a year.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: POPE FRANCIS is driven through the crowd at the Cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: POPE FRANCIS is driven through the crowd at the Cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The crowd at the Navratri parade in Bangkok. Navratri is a nine night (10 day) long Hindu celebration that marks the end of the monsoon and honors of the divine feminine Devi (Durga). The festival is celebrated differently in different parts of India, but the common theme is the battle and victory of Good over Evil based on a regionally famous epic or legend such as the Ramayana or the Devi Mahatmya. Navratri is celebrated throughout Southeast Asia in communities that have large Hindu population. Bangkok's celebration of Navratri was subdued this year because Thais are still mourning the death of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand, who died on October 13, 2016.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: A mastadon walks through the crowd during the March for Science in St. Paul. The mastadon was a huge puppet, people in it moved it by manipulating the legs and trunk. More than 10,000 people marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during the March for Science. March organizers said the march was non-partisan and was to show support for the sciences, including the sciences behind climate change and vaccines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: The crowd on the lawn in front of the Minnesota State Capitol during the March for Science. More than 10,000 people marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during the March for Science. March organizers said the march was non-partisan and was to show support for the sciences, including the sciences behind climate change and vaccines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: The crowd on the lawn in front of the Minnesota State Capitol during the March for Science. More than 10,000 people marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during the March for Science. March organizers said the march was non-partisan and was to show support for the sciences, including the sciences behind climate change and vaccines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: A mastadon walks through the crowd during the March for Science in St. Paul. The mastadon was a huge puppet, people in it moved it by manipulating the legs and trunk. More than 10,000 people marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during the March for Science. March organizers said the march was non-partisan and was to show support for the sciences, including the sciences behind climate change and vaccines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: A mastadon walks through the crowd during the March for Science in St. Paul. The mastadon was a huge puppet, people in it moved it by manipulating the legs and trunk. More than 10,000 people marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during the March for Science. March organizers said the march was non-partisan and was to show support for the sciences, including the sciences behind climate change and vaccines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: The crowd on the lawn in front of the Minnesota State Capitol during the March for Science. More than 10,000 people marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during the March for Science. March organizers said the march was non-partisan and was to show support for the sciences, including the sciences behind climate change and vaccines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2017 - ST. PAUL, MN: The crowd on the lawn in front of the Minnesota State Capitol during the March for Science. More than 10,000 people marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul during the March for Science. March organizers said the march was non-partisan and was to show support for the sciences, including the sciences behind climate change and vaccines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Thai Prime Minister ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, left, walks through a crowd of photographers and riot police to reach the Thai Parliament building during anti-amnesty protests in Bangkok. Abhisit's party, the Democrats, organized the anti-amnesty protest. About 2,500 protestors opposed to an amnesty bill proposed by Thailand's ruling party marched towards the Thai parliament in the morning. The amnesty could allow exiled fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return to Thailand. Thaksin's supporters are in favor of the bill but Thai Yellow Shirts and government opponents are against the bill. Thai police deployed about more than 10,000 riot police and closed roads around the parliament. Although protest leaders called off the protest rather than confront police, a few people were arrested for assaulting police when they tried to break through police lines. Several police officers left the scene under medical care after they collapsed in the heat.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The Thai flag frames the the crowd of about 2,000 people, members of the  People's Army against Thaksin Regime, a new anti-government group, protested in Lumpini Park in central Bangkok. The protest was peaceful but more militant protests are expected later in the week when the Parliament is expected to debate an amnesty bill which could allow Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former Prime Minister, to return to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The Thai flag frames the the crowd of about 2,000 people, members of the  People's Army against Thaksin Regime, a new anti-government group, protested in Lumpini Park in central Bangkok. The protest was peaceful but more militant protests are expected later in the week when the Parliament is expected to debate an amnesty bill which could allow Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former Prime Minister, to return to Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND:  A man and his daughter wait for the monks to walk through the crowd at the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through the crowd before climbing the stairway to the Mondop (chapel that houses the footprint) before the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: A monk receives flowers from the crowd during the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: A monk receives flowers from the crowd during the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: A monk receives flowers from the crowd during the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: A monk receives flowers from the crowd during the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: A monk receives flowers from the crowd during the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2013 - PHRA PHUTTHABAT, THAILAND: A girl walks among the crowd selling flowers during the Tak Bat Dok Mai at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi province of Thailand, Monday, July 22. Wat Phra Phutthabat is famous for the way it marks the beginning of Vassa, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada monks and nuns. The temple is highly revered in Thailand because it houses a footstep of the Buddha. On the first day of Vassa (or Buddhist Lent) people come to the temple to "make merit" and present the monks there with dancing lady ginger flowers, which only bloom in the weeks leading up Vassa. They also present monks with candles and wash their feet. During Vassa, monks and nuns remain inside monasteries and temple grounds, devoting their time to intensive meditation and study. Laypeople support the monastic sangha by bringing food, candles and other offerings to temples. Laypeople also often observe Vassa by giving up something, such as smoking or eating meat. For this reason, westerners sometimes call Vassa the "Buddhist Lent."     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   Women pray among parked motorcycles in the street in front of the Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   Women pray among parked motorcycles in the street in front of the Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   Women pray among parked motorcycles in the street in front of the Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray on the public sidewalk in front of the Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in front of Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Thursday night for Ramadan services. The mosque is one of the busiest in south Thailand. About 15,000 people attend nightly Ramadan services in the mosque. The crowd is so large it spills out of the mosque and onto the streets around it. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirts crowd into Ratchaprasong during a Red Shirt rally in Ratchaprasong Intersection honoring Red Shirts killed by the Thai army in 2010. More than 85 people, most of them civilians, were killed during the Thai army crackdown against the Red Shirt protesters in April and May 2010. The Red Shirts were protesting against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the opposition who became Prime Minister after Thai courts ruled the Red Shirt supported government was unconstitutional. The protests rocked Bangkok from March 2010 until May 19, 2010 when Thai troops swept through the protest areas arresting hundreds.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands crowd into the ploughed ground to collect blessed rice seeds at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. After the ceremony, thousands of Thais, mostly family formers, rush onto the ploughed ground to gather up the blessed rice seeds sown by the Brahmin priests. The Royal Plowing Ceremony is held Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, but is determined by court astrologers and varies year to year. During the ceremony, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and plough a small field on Sanam Luang (across from the Grand Palace), while rice seed is sown by court Brahmins. After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky. Depending on what the oxen eat, court astrologers and Brahmins make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest. A similar ceremony is held in Cambodia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MARCH 2013 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  The crowd at the Wat Bang Phra tattoo festival. Wat Bang Phra is the best known "Sak Yant" tattoo temple in Thailand. It's located in Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 miles from Bangkok. The tattoos are given with hollow stainless steel needles and are thought to possess magical powers of protection. The tattoos, which are given by Buddhist monks, are popular with soldiers, policeman and gangsters, people who generally live in harm's way. The tattoo must be activated to remain powerful and the annual Wai Khru Ceremony (tattoo festival) at the temple draws thousands of devotees who come to the temple to activate or renew the tattoos. People go into trance like states and then assume the personality of their tattoo, so people with tiger tattoos assume the personality of a tiger, people with monkey tattoos take on the personality of a monkey and so on. In recent years the tattoo festival has become popular with tourists who make the trip to Nakorn Pathom province to see a side of "exotic" Thailand. The 2013 tattoo festival was on March 23.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women crowd around a radio to hear the King's address on the Royal Plaza Wednesday. Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, had a public audience and address at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman who fainted in the heat is helped by members of the crowd on the Royal Plaza Wednesday. She fainted while waiting to see Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, before his public audience at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman who fainted in the heat is helped by members of the crowd on the Royal Plaza Wednesday. She fainted while waiting to see Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, before his public audience at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A drink vendor works the crowd on the Royal Plaza Wednesday while people wait to see Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, before his public audience at the Mukkhadej balcony of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. December 5 is a national holiday. It's also celebrated as Father's Day. Celebrations are being held across the country to mark the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A crowd gathers around a Ruamkatanya Foundation emergency medical team trying to save the life of a boy hit by a vehicle. 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 crowd gathers around a Ruamkatanya Foundation emergency medical team trying to save the life of a boy hit by a vehicle. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 OCTOBER 2012 - SUNGAI KOLOK, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND:     A mixed crowd of Buddhists and Muslims wait to board a train in the train station in Sungai Kolok, province of Narathiwat, Thailand. Sungai Kolok has been a center of extremist violence. Several car bombs have been detonated in the city, which is on the Malaysian border and very popular with Malaysian tourists. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Construction workers crowd into the back of a "songthaew" as they leave a job site at an international hotel on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. A songthaew is a pickup truck converted to a bus or shared taxi by the installation of two bench seats in the back. They are commonly used in rural areas and as company provided transport in Malaysia, Thailand and Laos.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Rep. DAVID SCHWEIKERT (R-AZ) works his way through the crowd to make his victory speech at his campaign office in Phoenix Tuesday night. Schweikert faced Congressman Ben Quayle in what was the hardest Republican primary election in Arizona in 2012. Both were incumbent Republican freshmen elected to Congress from neighboring districts in 2010. They ended up in the same district at the end of the redistricting process and faced off against each other in the primary to represent Arizona's 6th Congressional District, which is made up of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and parts of Phoenix. The district is solidly Republican and the winner of the primary is widely expected to win November's general election. Both are conservative Republicans with Tea Party backing.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Rep. DAVID SCHWEIKERT (R-AZ) works his way through the crowd to make his victory speech at his campaign office in Phoenix Tuesday night. Schweikert faced Congressman Ben Quayle in what was the hardest Republican primary election in Arizona in 2012. Both were incumbent Republican freshmen elected to Congress from neighboring districts in 2010. They ended up in the same district at the end of the redistricting process and faced off against each other in the primary to represent Arizona's 6th Congressional District, which is made up of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and parts of Phoenix. The district is solidly Republican and the winner of the primary is widely expected to win November's general election. Both are conservative Republicans with Tea Party backing.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:    RON GOULD, an Arizona legislator and Republican congressional candidate, works the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Prescott is solidly Republican and the parade is popular with Republican political candidates. Gould is in a primary battle with incumbent Dr. Paul Gosar. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  Republican Congressman JEFF FLAKE, a candidate for the US Senate, works the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Prescott is solidly Republican and the parade is popular with Republican political candidates. Flake is in a primary battle with businessman Wil Cardon, who did not attend the parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  Republican Congressman JEFF FLAKE, a candidate for the US Senate, works the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Prescott is solidly Republican and the parade is popular with Republican political candidates. Flake is in a primary battle with businessman Wil Cardon, who did not attend the parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  Republican Congressman JEFF FLAKE, a candidate for the US Senate, works the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Prescott is solidly Republican and the parade is popular with Republican political candidates. Flake is in a primary battle with businessman Wil Cardon, who did not attend the parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  Republican Congressman JEFF FLAKE, a candidate for the US Senate, works the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Prescott is solidly Republican and the parade is popular with Republican political candidates. Flake is in a primary battle with businessman Wil Cardon, who did not attend the parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  JAN RITTMASTER, Ms. Senior Arizona from 1998, waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  JAN RITTMASTER, Ms. Senior Arizona from 1998, waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:   A woman on horseback waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:   Dr. PAUL GOSAR, a dentist and a Republican member of Congress from Flagstaff, AZ, works the crowd for his reelection campaign at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. Prescott is solidly Republican and the parade is popular with Republican political candidates. Gosar is facing a primary challenge from Ron Gould, an Arizona legislator. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  A clown waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2012 - PRESCOTT, AZ:  A woman on horseback waves to the crowd at the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade. The parade is marking its 125th year. It is one of the largest 4th of July Parades in Arizona. Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, was the first territorial capital of Arizona.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 OCTOBER 2011 - PHOENIX, AZ:   A MoveOn.org organizer gets the crowd going at a rally sponsored by MoveOn.org and several labor unions to press for job creation in Phoenix, AZ, Saturday. About 100 people attended the rally.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2011 - ST. PAUL, MN: The crowd walks through the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday September 3. The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States. It's called "the Great Minnesota Get Together" and includes numerous agricultural exhibits, a vast midway with rides and games, horse shows and rodeos. Nearly two million people a year visit the fair, which is located in St. Paul.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 SEPTEMBER 2011 - ST. PAUL, MN:  The crowd at the Minnesota state fair. The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States. It's called "the Great Minnesota Get Together" and includes numerous agricultural exhibits, a vast midway with rides and games, horse shows and rodeos. Nearly two million people a year visit the fair, which is located in St. Paul.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The crowd at the Red Shirt stage stands out of respect for Seh Daeng when they learn he died Monday. The Thai government announced Monday that renegade army general and the Red Shirts unofficial military commander and staunch supporter, Thai Army Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL, died Monday from wounds he suffered when a sniper shot him in the head on May 12 while he was being interviewed by an American reporter. When the announcement was read to the Red Shirt protesters still camped out in Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok many started weeping.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The crowd at the Red Shirts' main stage in Ratchaprasong was much smaller than it has been in recent days Monday. The government has given protesters until 3PM Monday to vacate the area. There has been no announcement about what would happen if the protest wasn't evacuated. The Thai government also announced Monday that the Red Shirts unofficial military commander and staunch supporter, Thai Army Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL, died Monday from wounds he suffered when a sniper shot him in the head on May 12 while he was being interviewed by an American reporter. When the announcement was read to the Red Shirt protesters still camped out in Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok many started weeping.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais try to wipe tear gas from their eyes after Thai troops fired several gas grenades into a crowd of anti-government protesters on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon. Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and at protesters after protesters attacked the troops with rocket and small homemade explosives. Unlike similar confrontations in Bangkok, these protesters were not Red Shirts. Most of the protesters were residents of nearby Khlong Toei slum area, Bangkok's largest slum area. The running battle went on for at least two hours.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais try to wipe tear gas from their eyes after Thai troops fired several gas grenades into a crowd of anti-government protesters on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon. Thai troops and anti government protesters clashed on Rama IV Road Friday afternoon in a series of running battles. Troops fired into the air and at protesters after protesters attacked the troops with rocket and small homemade explosives. Unlike similar confrontations in Bangkok, these protesters were not Red Shirts. Most of the protesters were residents of nearby Khlong Toei slum area, Bangkok's largest slum area. The running battle went on for at least two hours.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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