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People light candles and burn incense sticks to pray on the first day of Myanmar's new year at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, April 17, 2019. On Myanmar's new year's day, people in the country are used to perform meritorious deeds and Buddhists, who account for the majority of the people, usually go to the pagodas, monasteries and meditation centers where they practice meditation. (Xinhua/U Aung)
