In this December 24, 2016 photo, children with traditional hair style play at the monastery compound in Set-Set-Yo village near old Bagan, Nyaung U district, central Myanmar. Children from a village, about an hour drive from Myanmar ancient city, keep traditional topknot hair style also known as “San-Yit-Wine”, under control of a Buddhist monk in central Myanmar. (Photo by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)





A worker fumigates on a street in Yangon, Myanmar November 18, 2016. Picture taken November 18, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man sells flowers as his family member sleeps in a mosquito net at a night market in Yangon, Myanmar November 18, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A child holds a book during a Chinese language lesson in a school at Namtit, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar November 30, 2016. Wa State is an unrecognised state in Myanmar (Burma) and is currently subsumed under the official Wa Special Region 2 of northern Shan State. The Wa were once known as the “Wild Wa” by the British due to their practice of headhunting. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man kills a water buffalo to eat during a festival in a village outside Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 3, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Children leave school in Namtit, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar November 30, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People dress in traditional style attend a festival in a village outside Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 3, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A woman carries her baby in a village outside Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 3, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A boy dressed as United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldier, sits in a market at Mongmao, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 1, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People drive their motor bike as they travel outside Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 3, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Ethnic Akha women march during a festival in a village outside Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 3, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A teacher conducts a Chinese language lesson in a school in Namtit, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar November 30, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A woman smokes in a market in Mongmao, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 1, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march during a media display in Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 4, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A boy walks down a road as he looks for his oxen in Mongmao, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 1, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldier holds a weapon as he marches during a festival in a village outside Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 3, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Ethnic Wa performer dressed as United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers perform a traditional dance in Mongmao, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 1, 2016. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A farmer guides his cows as they pull a cart loaded with hay in his paddy field in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Friday, December 23.2016. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)