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Like 'Living In Hell': Quake-hit Mandalay Monastery Clears Away Rubble

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar has reduced many buildings to rubble (Credit: AFP)

Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.

"Some of the buildings have been around for longer than me," said Wayama, a grey-haired monk at the place of worship in Myanmar's second city.

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