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  • 29 JUNE 2013 - BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA:   Inside a brick kiln in rural Cambodia. The kiln is next to the Bamboo Train. The bamboo train, called a norry (nori) in Khmer is a 3m-long wood frame, covered lengthwise with slats made of ultra-light bamboo, that rests on two barbell-like bogies, the aft one connected by fan belts to a 6HP gasoline engine. The train runs on tracks originally laid by the French when Cambodia was a French colony. Years of war and neglect have made the tracks unsafe for regular trains.  Cambodians put 10 or 15 people on each one or up to three tonnes of rice and supplies. They cruise at about 15km/h. The Bamboo Train is very popular with tourists and now most of the trains around Battambang will only take tourists, who will pay a lot more than Cambodians can, to ride the train.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A brick factory worker stacks unbaked bricks in a kiln in a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The bricks will bake in the kiln, which is fired by wood from an old rubber plantation, for seven days. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A brick factory worker stacks unbaked bricks in a kiln in a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The bricks will bake in the kiln, which is fired by wood from an old rubber plantation, for seven days. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman uncovers bricks that have been drying in the sun at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After the bricks are dried in the sun, they are baked in a kiln for seven days. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman pushes a cart of bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers stack bricks in a wood fueled kiln to bake them at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A worker stacks bricks in the sun to dry them before putting them into a kiln at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A worker hauls a load of wet bricks to a patio to dry them before they go into a kiln. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman stacks unbaked bricks on a cart before taking them to the kiln in a brick factory in Phnom Penh. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman stacks unbaked bricks on a cart before taking them to the kiln in a brick factory in Phnom Penh. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Stacked up bricks dry in the sun before being put into the kiln at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A brick factory worker stuffs firewood into a kiln at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This factory uses wood from rubber trees bought from Cambodian rubber plantations. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A worker in a Phnom Penh brick factory stokes the kiln with firewood. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker carries baked and finished bricks to a waiting truck while other workers, in the background, stack wet, unbaked, bricks in the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The wet bricks are gray in color. They turn their characteristic red after they are baked in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker stacks baked and finished bricks to a waiting truck while other workers, in the background, stack wet, unbaked, bricks in the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The wet bricks are gray in color. They turn their characteristic red after they are baked in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories031.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker stacks baked and finished bricks to a waiting truck while other workers, in the background, stack wet, unbaked, bricks in the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The wet bricks are gray in color. They turn their characteristic red after they are baked in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories030.jpg
  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Women who work at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, takes a break in the kiln at the factory. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Wet bricks are loaded onto a donkey that hauls the bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2012 - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: A man burns offerings in a kiln at the Guan Di Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Guan Di Temple (God of War Temple) was built in 1888 and is one of the oldest Chinese Temples in Kuala Lumpur.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA:  Workers pulls a hardcart full of bricks out of a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A worker eats her lunch while her coworkers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A worker eats her lunch while her coworkers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman checks the fire in a kiln in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A man pushes an ash cart to a kiln in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker pours coal dust into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. Most of the kilns burn coal imported from India. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories029.jpg
  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers stack bricks on a handcart in a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PhnomPenh0226061.jpg
  • 20 DECEMBER 2012 - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA:  Men burn offerings in a kiln at the Guan Di Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Guan Di Temple (God of War Temple) was built in 1888 and is one of the oldest Chinese Temples in Kuala Lumpur.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Malaysia2012046.jpg
  • 03 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A bowl maker puts out his kiln after firing monks' bowls, called "bat" (pronounced with a long "a" as in baat) on Soi Baan Bat in Bangkok. The bowls are made from eight separate pieces of metal said to represent the Buddha's Eightfold Path. The Monk's Bowl Village on Soi Ban Baat in Bangkok is the only surviving one of what were originally three artisan's communities established by Thai King Rama I for the purpose of handcrafting "baat" the ceremonial bowls used by monks as they collect their morning alms. Most monks now use cheaper factory made bowls and the old tradition is dying out. Only six or seven families on Soi Ban Baat still make the bowls by hand. Most of the bowls are now sold to tourists who find their way to hidden alleys in old Bangkok. The small family workshops are only a part of the "Monk's Bowl Village." It is also a thriving residential community of narrow alleyways and sidewalks.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA:  Workers pulls a hardcart full of bricks out of a kiln at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PhnomPenh0226062.jpg
  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use pony carts to haul unbaked bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BrickFactoriesDay2036.jpg
  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use pony carts to haul unbaked bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BrickFactoriesDay2035.jpg
  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use pony carts to haul unbaked bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BrickFactoriesDay2028.jpg
  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BrickFactoriesDay2025.jpg
  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack unbaked bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BrickFactoriesDay2022.jpg
  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BrickFactoriesDay2016.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Wet bricks are loaded onto a donkey that hauls the bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories055.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman who works at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, takes a break in the kiln at the factory. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories042.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry baked bricks to waiting trucks while other workers stack wet bricks in the kiln for baking at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories035.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories006.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories010.jpg
  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use pony carts to haul unbaked bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A workers puts coal that fuels the fire into the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A workers puts coal that fuels the fire into the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A brick factory in Bhaktapur spews smoke from coal fires that bake bricks in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker shovel coal dust used to fire the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry baked bricks to waiting trucks while other workers stack wet bricks in the kiln for baking at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers load bricks into packs to carry them to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers load bricks into packs to carry them to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers load bricks into packs to carry them to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Women carry wet, unbaked, bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2012 - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Offerings that are burned in kilns in the Guan Di Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Guan Di Temple (God of War Temple) was built in 1888 and is one of the oldest Chinese Temples in Kuala Lumpur.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A construction worker in Phnom Penh uses locally made bricks on a high end construction project building homes for expatriots and wealthy Cambodians. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The child of a brick factory worker watches TV in a hut at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This particular factory employs about 30 people. The live on the premises with their families. Most of the workers migrated to Phnom Penh from the countryside looking for better paying jobs than they could find in the countryside. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers in a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, relax in the hut that is their home on the grounds of the facotry. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A fruit vendor sells watermelon to the wives and children of brick factory workers at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This particular factory employs about 30 people. The live on the premises with their families. Most of the workers migrated to Phnom Penh from the countryside looking for better paying jobs than they could find in the countryside. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The wife and children of a brick factory worker in their hut at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This particular factory employs about 30 people. The live on the premises with their families. Most of the workers migrated to Phnom Penh from the countryside looking for better paying jobs than they could find in the countryside. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2015 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Bricks dry in the sun before going into the kilns at a brick making factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers at a high end housing development in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, build new homes with bricks made at local brick factories. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A construction worker in Phnom Penh uses locally made bricks on a high end construction project building homes for expatriots and wealthy Cambodians. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Bricks from a Phnom Penh brick factory. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A vendor brings snacks to workers in a Phnom Penh brick factory. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A vendor brings snacks to workers in a Phnom Penh brick factory. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman makes lunch for her family in the hut that is their home at a Phnom Penh brick factory. Her husband is a laborer in the factory. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The children of brick factory workers in a hut at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This particular factory employs about 30 people. The live on the premises with their families. Most of the workers migrated to Phnom Penh from the countryside looking for better paying jobs than they could find in the countryside. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A worker walks down a pile of mud at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Firewood from rubber trees stacked up in front of a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Brick factory workers stack mud which will be turned into brick at a brick factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, there are more than 70 brick factories in Phnom Penh and its environs. Environmentalists are concerned that the factories, most of which burn wood in their kilns, contribute to deforestation in Cambodia. They are encouraging factory owners to switch to burning rice husks, as brick kilns in neighboring Vietnam do. The brick factories are kept busy feeding Phnom Penh's nearly insatiable appetite for building materials as the city is in the midst of a building boom brought by on economic development and the need for new office complexes and tourist hotels.   Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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