Buddhist devotees and monks pray at the popular Shwedagon pagoda during the full moon day of Thadingyut, the lighting festival to mark the end of Buddhist Lent, Sunday, October 9, 2022, in Yangon, Myanmar. The Thadingyut festival is held at the end of Buddhist Lent marking Buddha's descent from heaven after he sermonized the Abhidamma to his mother who was born in heaven. (Photo by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)
