Photojournalism: Thailand's Sex Workers: SW-ASJ06

At a bar in Pattaya, a woman receives a traditional Thai blessing for good luck. The symbolic gesture of having her hands patted with cash at the start of her shift is meant to help bring money into her hands that night.With entry into Thailand still restricted, and relatively few tourists able to enter, a good living has turned into a bad one for the country's sex workers.

At a bar in Pattaya, a woman receives a traditional Thai blessing for good luck. The symbolic gesture of having her hands patted with cash at the start of her shift is meant to help bring money into her hands that night.

With entry into Thailand still restricted, and relatively few tourists able to enter, a good living has turned into a bad one for the country's sex workers.