11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Buddhist monks cross a bamboo foot bridge across the Nam Khan River near Luang Prabang. The bridge is seasonal. Villagers put it up every year, at the at the start of the dry season and take it down when the Nam Khan floods during the rainy season. Laos is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. Tourism and hydroelectric dams along the rivers that run through the country are driving the legal economy. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ