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Deadly earthquake rocks pillar of a Buddhist nation: its monks
The people of Myanmar have often turned to clergy during natural disasters, but the earthquake was also devastating for monks ...
The Associated Press23d
Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000
The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
A Buddhist Monk Saves One of the World’s Rarest Birds
For weeks, Tashi, a Tibetan Buddhist monk ... birds in a given area, the monk now walks defined paths flanked at 110-yard intervals by other observers. He uses GPS equipment to map the bird ...
Dayton Daily News26d
Earthquake compounds Myanmar's humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000
Two hundred Buddhist monks crushed by a collapsing monastery. Fifty children killed when a preschool classroom crumbled. Seven hundred Muslims struck while praying at mosques for Ramadan.
WYFF29d
Earthquake compounds Myanmar's humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000
as rescuers and an activist group said it killed several hundred Muslims praying at mosques during the holy month of Ramadan and 270 Buddhist monks crushed by a collapsing monastery. The quake ...
Woman rescued from rubble in Myanmar as hope for earthquake survivors fades
Emergency workers are warning of acute hunger and disease outbreaks as the confirmed death toll keeps on rising.View on euronews ...