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The Guardian - UK
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Sean Smith

Silent but still defiant

one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
Buddhist monks at one of Burma's largest monasteries, in Pakokku, the city where protests first started earlier this year Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
A monk at the monastery in Pakokku Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
Buddhist monks at the monastery in Pakokku Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
Monks play chess at the Chaukhtatgyi Paya (reclining Buddha) monastery in Yangon, Burma's former capital and biggest city Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
A monk at the Chaukhtatgyi Paya monastery Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
Buddhist monks hang out washing at the Chaukhtatgyi Paya monastery Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
A monk dusting at the Chaukhtatgyi Paya monastery Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
one of the largest monasteries in the country in Pakokku, Myanmar, Burma
A monk sleeps at the Mahagandhayon Monastic Institution monastery in Amarapura Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
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