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An early morning scene at Danyingon station on the Yangon Circular Railway line.
Locals gather on the main concourse of Shwedagon Pagoda after nightfall. The pagoda is considered Myanmar's greatest treasure...
A man kneels in prayer beneath a bronze bell at Shwedagon Pagoda. The previous centerpiece bell at the pagoda - a reputedly 2...
Temple spires bathed in golden light near Shwesandaw Pagoda in Bagan, the birthplace of Myanmar culture. Built over several c...
Breakfast is served to novice monks on squat wooden tables in Nyaung U, a town near Bagan.
A web of scaffolding surrounds a temple spire in Bagan. The city's ancient spires are often repaired by rich families seeking...
Pyathadar Temple towers over the plain. The thousands of temples, pagodas and monasteries in Bagan, once relatively unknown o...
Statues at the Mann Paya (also known as the Nan Paya) complex near Yokesone Kyuang, Sale.
A monk sprays water over a dusty courtyard at Bagan's ancient Lawkananda Pagoda. Dampening the soil reduces the dust stirred ...
Oxen pull a family aboard a wooden cart in Bagan. Ox carts and horse carts are both common modes of transport in the ancient ...
Novice monks complete morning chores at Lawkananda Pagoda in Bagan. Monasteries can act as social safety nets for orphans or ...
Workers at the U Ba Nyein lacquer shop in Bagan. Here, lacquerware is prepared as it has been for centuries. A varnish made o...
Two boys in princely attire at a shinpyu ceremony. Every Buddhist male from around the age of five to 19 has to enter the mon...
Temple spires silhouetted in sepia light point skyward in Bagan. About 2,500 temples, pagodas and monasteries - some half-rui...
Workers stack poles at an outdoor bamboo market in Myin Kaba, a village outside Bagan. The settlement is known for selling ba...
A farmer balances uprooted shrubbery on her shoulders in Bagan. The leafy greens are used as cattle feed.
The devout kneel down before Shwedagon Pagoda, widely considered Myanmar's greatest treasure, a massive gold-plated wonder to...
Tibetan prayer flags frame Songzanlin Monastery, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan. “With its gilded roofs, it...
A yak follows its owner along a street in Shangri-La. Locals use yaks for transport and as a source of wool, milk, butter, an...
Windows at the Songtsam Tacheng lodge look out on terraced rice fields and misted peaks in Yunnan's northwest corner. The are...
Guests at the Songtsam Tacheng lodge dine on indigenous dishes—including yak meat—by windows open to deep mountain valleys. T...
A villager walks past bronze prayer wheels lining a wall of the Fei Lai Shi temple, a Buddhist shrine in Yunnan’s snowy backc...
Her head wrapped in a scarf, Ga Pong Chu Jui enjoys a laugh behind hands attesting to a lifetime of manual labor. Agriculture...
Residents catch up on news in Cizhong, a village known for its mix of Tibetan and French cultures. French missionaries built ...
Old ways prevail in Yunnan mountain communities such as Yalang, where women still tend their barley fields by hand. Barley is...
Buddhist monks of the yellow hat sect file into the centuries-old Dongzhulin Monastery, which sits near the scenic mountain v...
Remote villages punctuate Yunnan’s rugged landscape, where arable land is a prized feature. The mountainous terrain is said t...
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To the accompaniment of horns and drums, amateur kickboxers go at it with feet, fists and elbows flying. Kickboxing is the ma...
To the accompaniment of horns and drums, amateur kickboxers go at it with feet, fists and elbows flying. Kickboxing is the ma...
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A merchant sells colored sand and other goods in his shop.
An adult stands on a ledge so that he can avoid stepping on his long hair.