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In this photograph taken on December 25, 2016, devotees pray before a huge rock especially covered with layers of gold at Kyaiktiyo pagoda on Mt. Kyaiktiyo A popular Buddhist pilgrimage site and a tourist attraction in Myanmar' s Mon State, the Kyaiktiyo pagoda, also known as Golden Rock, rests by the the edge of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. According to legend, the Golden Rock is perched on a strand of Buddha' s hair while others admire it as a natural rock formation. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)
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