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Dozens of small, thatched huts, their walls made from mountain stone, dot the rolling green hills.

On the edge of Buckingham in southern England, the quiet and leafy village of Maids Moreton, dotted with thatched cottages, is at the heart of a dilemma.

They all lived in his mother-in-law's house, in a village where thatched houses lined dirt roads, a few hours' drive from the country's largest city, Yangon.

Cabler tried to lift the aluminum structure that supported the thatched roof, but it had burst into flames, and he burned his hands in the effort.

Seated in a thatched hut, she boils wheat so she can provide her two children with breakfast.