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'Nothing left except death': Myanmar families grieve huge war toll

Labourers unload sacks of rice from a ship along a jetty in Yangon on April 23, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

YANGON — Ranks of bereaved Myanmar families bow in silent grief to pray for their dead, some of the latest victims in a years-long conflict estimated to have claimed 100,000 lives.

Clasping their hands at the monastery hall in central Magway region, they offer alms for the deceased: small cash notes, rice and curry -- all they can spare while living through a civil war.

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