Monks line up for alms during the alms-giving ceremony to 30,000 monks organize by the region government of Mandalay affiliated with Dhammakaya Foundation at Chanmyathazi Airport in Mandalay on December 8, 2019. Thirty-thousand monks assembled in the early morning chill of Mandalay for a spectacular alms-giving event involving a controversial mega-temple under scrutiny across the border in Thailand. (Photo by Kyaw Zay Win/AFP Photo)
