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A man dressed in a ma*****na suit stands with mature ma*****na plants at a ma*****na legalization expo in Buriram, Thailand. On June 10, the Thai government gave out 1,000 cannabis plants to people in Buriram, a province in eastern Thailand, at its Ma*****na legalization kick-off event called “Unlock Ma*****na”. On June 9, 2022 Thailand officially decriminalized ma*****na cultivation and possession and the government plans to give away 1 million cannabis plants for free to people throughout the country. The expo in Buriram was focused on educating the public about the uses of ma*****na for medicine and food and had informational booths about growing procedures and technology. I June 10-12, 2022 I Photos by Lauren DeCicca - I ⁠
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Photo 2: A family drove five hours from Bangkok to legally purchase their first cannabis plants on June 10 in Buriram, Thailand.⁠
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Photo 3: A person holds up a THC tattoo during a festival celebrating the legalization of ma*****na on June 12 in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Highland Network, a pro-ma*****na organization, hosted their two-day "Thailand 420 Legalaew" music and ma*****na festival at a man-made beach area in Nakhon Pathom.⁠
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Photo 4: A person smokes ma*****na on June 12 in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.⁠
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Photo 5: People wait in line to buy bongs at a ma*****na legalization festival on June 11 in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

Members of the Ukrainian army and other civilian demining organizations participate in the training courses for the Ukrainian bomb disposal teams in Peja, Kosovo. Kosovo cleared thousands of unexploded mines after the 1998-99 armed conflict and is now training Ukrainian military and NGOs in the western town of Peja, where a Malta-based company regularly offers demining courses. I June 9, 2022 I Photo by Ferdi Limani - I

Immigrants from Colombia who are married and traveled for 20 days embrace after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in Yuma, Arizona. Title 42, the controversial pandemic-era border policy enacted by former President Trump, which cites COVID-19 as the reason to rapidly expel asylum seekers at the U.S. border, was set to officially expire on May 23rd. On May 20, a federal judge in Louisiana delivered a ruling blocking the Biden administration from lifting Title 42. I May 18-22, 2022 I Photos by Mario Tama - and Brandon Bell - I ⁠
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Image 2: Immigrants wait to board a U.S. Border Patrol bus to be taken for processing after crossing the border from Mexico in Yuma, Arizona.⁠
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Image 3: A migrant mother helps her child walk through brush alongside the banks of the Rio Grande after crossing into the U.S. in Eagle Pass, Texas.⁠
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Image 4: Immigrants from Ecuador warm themselves by a fire beneath the moon along a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, as they await processing by the U.S. Border Patrol, after crossing from Mexico in Yuma, Arizona.⁠
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Image 5: A Border Patrol officer process migrants from Colombia after they crossed the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas.