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South Asia

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  • A widow mourns over the body of her dead husband in Mysore, India, shortly after his death from undetermined causes. As the family’s only bread-winner, his death had grave consequences for the family economy.
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  • Pedestrians and vendors pass political posters in a central square in Mysore, India, shortly before the 1998 elections. Voting in the world’s largest democracy resulted in a 17-party coalition government.
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  • Volunteers form ranks to sweep the terrace surrounding the historic Shwedagon Paya in Yangon, Unuon of Myanmar (Burma), Nov. 26, 2009. The broom brigades clean the marble terrace several times a day. The Shwedagon pagoda's central hti, an umbrella spire atop the giant zedi structure, sports a 76-karat diamond that casts red, green white beams to specific spots on the terrace as the sun rises or sets. The massive complex sits atop a 190-foot hill accessed by four stair-stepped walkways guarded by 30-foot-tall mythical half-lion half-dragon creatures called chinthe. The central 98-foot-tall zedi is surrounded by an incredible assortment of other smaller zedi, statues and temples...EDS: Not for syndication nor redistribution. Web slide show only. Please do not strip metadata for Web use.
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  • The historic Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Unuon of Myanmar (Burma), Nov. 26, 2009
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  • An elderly monk meditates before the historic Shwedagon Paya, Yangon, Unuon of Myanmar (Burma), Nov. 26, 2009. The Shwedagon pagoda's central hti, an umbrella spire atop the giant zedi structure, sports a 76-karat diamond that casts red, green white beams to specific spots on the terrace as the sun rises or sets. The massive complex sits atop a 190-foot hill accessed by four stair-stepped walkways guarded by 30-foot-tall mythical half-lion half-dragon creatures called chinthe. The central 98-foot-tall zedi is surrounded by an incredible assortment of other smaller zedi, statues and temples...EDS: Not for syndication nor redistribution. Web slide show only. Please do not strip metadata for Web use.
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  • Vendors, worshippers and neighborhood residents circulate on the streets outside the historic Botataung Paya in Yangon, Union of Myanmar (Burma). The pagoda is said to house several strands of the Buddha's hair, brought by pilgrims from India 2,000 years ago...EDS: Not for syndication nor redistribution. Web slide show only. Please do not strip metadata for Web use..
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  • A Buddhist monk Wan Na Sharmi explains his life at the tiny Warso monastery in Yangon, Union of Myanmar (Burma). More than 50,000 Buddhist monasteries fill Myanmar, drawing monks to study from all of south and southeast Asia.
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  • As the evening sun falls on Kandawgyi Lake near downtown Yangon (Rangoon), a passer by rests on a fence rail. At center the historic Shwedagon Paya glows The historic glows in the background, along with the government-financed Karaweik dinner theater which replicates a royal barge floating on the lake. Yangon, Union of Myanmar (Burma), Nov. 26, 2009...EDS: Not for syndication nor redistribution. Web slide show only. Please do not strip metadata for Web use.
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