May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A local resident exercises in the early hours of the day, facing a fenced garden in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A local man feeds corn to pigeons en central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 14, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: Visitors at Mahamuni Buddha Temple in Mandalay. The city, famous for its pagodas, is a popular tourist destination for buddhist devotees from all over Southeast Asia. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A devotee prays at Sule Pagoda in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A devotee offering water to a buddha statue as part of a ritual in one of the many shrines at Sule Pagoda in Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A devotee prays at Sule Pagoda in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: The reflexion of business buildings in a fountain at a public park in central Yangon. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A man sleeps in a stall beside a newspaper stand in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 15, 2013 - Meiktila, Myanmar: A barber shop in a residential neighbourhood severely destroyed by anti-muslim violence in Meiktila, central Myanmar. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 13, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: A restaurant owner sets a plastic bag trap, as his bar gets infested by thousands of flying ants. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A woman lights candles at a shrine in Sule Pagoda, in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 19, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A buddhist monk buys goods at a CD stand marked with a sticker emblazoned with 969, the logo that has come to represent Myanmar's anti-Muslim movement. Taxis, buses, shop fronts and street stalls across the country display what some consider a symbol of Buddhistextremism that sees Burma's Muslim community as a threat to the country and its dominant religion. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A devotee prays at Sule Pagoda in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: Buddhist devotees pray at Sule Pagoda in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 14, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: Ashin Wirathu (centre), the spiritual leader of Burma's Buddhist Nationalist anti-Muslim movement 969 group, takes a midday meal offered by regular citizens at Mosayein Monastery in central Mandalay. Wirathu, who was jailed in 2003 for inciting religious hatred, refers to himself as "the Burmese Bin Laden". CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 14, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: Ashin Wirathu, the buddhist monk leader of Burma's anti-Muslim movement 969 group, at his office in Mosayein Monastery in central Mandalay. Wirathu, who was jailed in 2003 for inciting religious hatred, refers to himself as "the Burmese Bin Laden". CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 18, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: Locals pass by a street stall selling religious portraits in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 09, 2013 - Yangon, Myanmar: A Buddhist novice uses his mobile phone to take photographs of a shrine at Sule Pagoda in central Yangon. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 14, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: A local worker makes the mould for a buddha copper statue at a traditional workshop in Mandalay. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 14, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: A local woman sands a buddha statue in a traditional workshop, in Mandalay, dedicated to the production of religious paraphernalia. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 14, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: A local worker walks by in the yard of a traditional workshop in Mandalay. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 15, 2013 - Meiktila, Myanmar: People pass by a damaged mosque in a Muslim quarter, which was razed by Buddhists in ethnic violence against muslim early in the year, in Meikhtila, central Myanmar. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 15, 2013 - Meiktila, Myanmar: Damaged buildings are seen in a Muslim quarter, which was razed by Buddhists in ethnic violence in March, in Meikhtila, central Myanmar. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 15, 2013 - Meiktila, Myanmar: Damaged buildings are seen in a Muslim quarter, which was razed by Buddhists in ethnic violence in March, in Meikhtila, central Myanmar. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 15, 2013 - Meiktila, Myanmar: A bus ticket shop in Meiktila, displays a sticker for the 969 anti-Muslim movement. Stickers with the movement’s logo are now common nationwide on cars, motorcycles and shops. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
May 14, 2013 - Mandalay, Myanmar: A buddhist monk walks the grounds of a pagoda in central Mandalay. The city, famous for its pagodas, is a popular tourist destination for buddhist devotees from all over Southeast Asia. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
