This photo taken on October 25, 2024 shows a worker carving a marble Buddha statue in Mandalay. Moving marble across the divide of Myanmar's civil war from rebel to junta-held territory has become an expensive, difficult and dangerous mission in recent months, after opponents of the ruling military seized quarries near Mandalay that for generations have provided the precious white stone that adorns the city's palaces and monasteries, and the shrines in ordinary homes. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)
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