Muslims Driven Into Misery As Result Of Recent Buddhist-Muslim Clash In Myanmar

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a Muslim refugee child stands near tents at a refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Survivors of ethnic clashes in western Myanmar lashed out at the government for failing to prevent violence between Muslims and Buddhists that has displaced more than 32,000 people over the last week.

Muslim refugees walk about at a refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state, western Myanmar.

Buddhist monks and activists offer prayers for the victims of Myanmar’s recent violence in Rakhine state, at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. Tensions simmered in western Myanmar since clashes first broke out in June after a Rakhine woman was allegedly raped and murdered by three Muslim men. Violence continues and more refugees flee from the region. <AP/NEWSis=Khin Maung Win>