Poppy fields dot landscape in southern Shan state
A woman harvests sap from seedpods in a poppy field in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 30, 2024.
Poppies bloom in a field in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024.
Partially harvested poppy seedpods are seen in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024.
Farmers harvest the sap from poppy seedpods in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024. “People come and buy our harvest. We don’t ask or don’t care who they are," said one farmer, who didn’t want to be named.
Partially harvested poppy seedpods are seen in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 30, 2024. Myanmar is the world’s biggest exporter of the raw material used to make heroin and other opiates.
A farmer harvests the sap from seedpods in a poppy field in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024.
A woman harvests sap from seedpods in a poppy field in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 30, 2024.
Poppies bloom in a field in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024.
Partially harvested poppy seedpods are seen in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024.
Farmers harvest the sap from poppy seedpods in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024. “People come and buy our harvest. We don’t ask or don’t care who they are," said one farmer, who didn’t want to be named.
Partially harvested poppy seedpods are seen in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 30, 2024. Myanmar is the world’s biggest exporter of the raw material used to make heroin and other opiates.
A farmer harvests the sap from seedpods in a poppy field in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2024.
A woman harvests sap from seedpods in a poppy field in southern Shan state, Myanmar, Oct. 30, 2024.