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Novice monks stand in a queue to get alms on a street in Yangon
21 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Novice monks stand in a queue to get alms on a street in Yangon May 21, 2008. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon headed to southeast Asia on Wednesday on a mission to secure more help for cyclone victims in Myanmar, whose military rulers have finally granted an aid agency the use of helicopters to deliver supplies. REUTERS/Strringer (MYANMAR)
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An aerial view of an area affected by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy Delta May 22, 2008. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon saw flooded rice fields and destroyed homes during his mission ...




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