“I have no other and no better guidance to offer to you than to commend to your attention the general principle of non-violence, in other words, self-purification.”

Take a look at photos of the spectacular -- and sometimes dangerous -- tradition.

"A year after the resettlement, residents only just received power and still do not have running water. They are left to rely on collecting rainwater and deliveries from aid groups."

Pyay Kyaw visits patients at the St. Joseph Cotto Legnos Leprosy Colony, home to people like Maya, who once was forced to live in her town’s cemetery due to stigma.

In some cases, children as young as five years of age share in their family’s labor when they really should be playing or studying at school.

“We returned from a refugee camp. We didn’t come back bringing heaps of money. How are we supposed to pay 3 million kyats [US$2,200]?”

Ethnic Kachin oppose the dam not only because it puts lives at risk, but also because it endangers the historically valuable Irrawaddy River

"Most of the workers are internal migrants who return to their homes for treatment when their health problems become unbearable."

"Typewriters challenge us to be more efficient, to see our errors on paper, so we are more careful not to make mistakes."