Burma's Slowly Shifting Landscape

Monks walk around the Shwedagon Pagoda, another venerable temple at the heart of the Burmese capital.
Photograph for TIME by Kemal Jufri / Imaji

Holy See
Monks walk around the Shwedagon Pagoda, another venerable temple at the heart of the Burmese capital. Legend has it that the temple holds eight strands of hair belonging to Gautama, the ancient king who would become Buddha.

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