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Buddhist monks give the slaughtered elephants blessings for a better rebirth as a shipment of African ivory seized three years ago, is displayed before they are destroyed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, January 26, 2016. The ivory was traced to northern Mozambique and Tanzania and has been valued by Sri Lankan customs at 368 million rupees (more than $2.5 million). The 359 tusks weighing a total of 1,529 kilograms (3,370 pounds) were crushed by machines into smaller pieces that will later be burned to ash in high-temperature ovens at a cement factory. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
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