The Shri Kali Hindu temple in Yangon, Myanmar on October 28, 2015. Hinduism in Myanmar is practised by 2% of the population – about 840,000 people. (Photo by Guillaume Payen/ZUMA Press/Corbis)





A woman reacts while walking in a market in Mandalay, Myanmar, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Women wait to buy tea at a market in Mandalay, Myanmar, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Handicraft vendor Zar Zar, 28, poses as she waits for tourists in front of the ruins of the temple Pahtodawgyi in Mingu, Myanmar, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Men have a cup of tea at a market in Mandalay, Myanmar, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A man sits on his cart which he attached with National League for Democracy (NLD) party flags along a flooded street in Yangon in this September 30, 2015 file photo. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man sleeps on a bench along a flooded street in Yangon in this September 30, 2015 file photo. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A girl carries a basket on her head as she walks along a flooded street in Yangon in this September 30, 2015 file photo. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Myanmar nationals queue to cast their votes outside the Myanmar embassy in Singapore, October 15, 2015. Hundreds of voters queue up from as early as 5am outside the embassy to cast their votes for the general elections on November 8, according to volunteers. About 20000 Myanmar nationals submitted their requests for early voting according to local media. Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) said on Wednesday (October 14) discussions of a postponement in the general election vote caused confusion and could have undermined the election process. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





Local residents' houses are seen in front of the buildings of the Chinese oil pipeline project (pink roof) on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 7, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A young man removes debris, including a coconut, from his fishing net on the seashore in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 5, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A fisherman prepares to fish with his small boat in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A family passes the time at their home in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Myanmar nationals queue to cast their votes outside the Myanmar embassy in Singapore, October 15, 2015. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





A woman feeds her pigs at her home in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A girl and boy carry a basket of fish in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A woman chops firewood as her husband watches from behind her in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men work to extract crude oil by hand at Yaynan Taung (Oil Mountain) in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men work to extract crude oil by hand at Yaynan Taung (Oil Mountain) in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men carry a machine as a man walks behind them with a container of crude oil at Yaynan Taung (Oil Mountain) in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men play cards after working to extract crude oil by hand at Yaynan Taung (Oil Mountain) in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 6, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A boy runs barefoot as he plays in front of a clinic which was donated by China's oil pipeline project on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 7, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Workers walk on a road as China's oil pipeline project is seen in the background on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 7, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A child squats on the ground as her mother works to extract crude oil by hand on the seashore in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 5, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man shows birds that he shot for food on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 7, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A crude oil tower is seen on the seashore in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar October 5, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Myanmar Chinese people watch from their home, during a festival dedicated to Buddhist monk Shin Upagutta, celebrated by Myanmar's ethnic Chinese community, in Chinatown in Yangon October 21, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Myanmar Chinese women sell incenses sticks during a festival dedicated to Buddhist monk Shin Upagutta, celebrated by Myanmar's ethnic Chinese community, in Chinatown in Yangon October 21, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Myanmar Chinese women hold incenses sticks during a festival dedicated to Buddhist monk Shin Upagutta, celebrated by Myanmar's ethnic Chinese community, in Chinatown in Yangon October 21, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Myanmar Chinese light incense sticks during a festival dedicated to Buddhist monk Shin Upagutta, celebrated by Myanmar's ethnic Chinese community, in Chinatown in Yangon October 21, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A festival attendee, dressed as Zhu Bajie, a character from the Chinese novel "Journey to the West", poses during a festival dedicated to Buddhist monk Shin Upagutta, celebrated by Myanmar's ethnic Chinese community in Chinatown, in Yangon October 21, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Boys play soccer in Yangon, Myanmar on October 22, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Workers play "chinlone" after work at a construction site in Yangon, Myanmar on October 22, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A boy stands with his bike adorned with the National League for Democracy party (NLD) flag in Yangon, Myanmar on October 22, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People ride on a boat as they cross the Yangon river October 23, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man unload eggs from a boat in Dala, across Yangon October 23, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man rows his boat in Yangon river October 23, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Supporters ride a bike during Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's campaign rally for the upcoming general elections in her constituency town Kawhmu township, Yangon Division, October 24, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Buddhist monks line up to receive donated rice outside Mahamuni temple in Mandalay October 6, 2015. Buddhist-majority Myanmar goes to the polls on November 8 in an election billed as Myanmar’s first free and fair ballot in 25 years. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi last month urged supporters not to let the issues of race and religion dominate the parliamentary election, while critics have branded her National League for Democracy (NLD) too sympathetic to Muslims and unwilling to protect Buddhism. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Buddhist monks eat breakfast outside a monastery in Mandalay October 7, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Men gather to pray inside Mahamuni Buddhist temple in Mandalay October 6, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A man touches a golden Buddha statue inside Mahamuni Buddhist temple in Mandalay October 6, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A man reads the newspaper outside his home in Yangon in this April 1, 2012 file photo. Anyone reading Myanmar's independent media ahead of the historic election on November 8, 2015, might be unaware over 90 political parties are competing, as online platforms and newspapers are plastered with the image of one candidate - Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Just five years ago, newspapers that reported on or published pictures of pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi were penalised by the ruling military junta. Suu Kyi was freed by the junta in 2010 after house arrest for 15 of the previous 21 years. (Photo by Reuters/Staff)