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This photo taken on February 26, 2024 shows displaced residents working in the illegal poppy fields for their livelihood during the fighting between Myanmar' military and KNDF (Karenni Nationalities Defence Force) at Moe Bye in Pekon Township, on the border of Karen State and southern Shan State. In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin. (Photo by AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-POLITICS-COUP-DRUGS,FOCUS' (KEYSTONE/AFP/STR)