Prayers and tears for Eid in quake-hit Mandalay

The watching women were the first to weep. A tear, a sniffle, a cry. The emotion spread among hundreds of men lined up in the street outside two mosques where 20 of their fellow believers died. Sobs and sighs haunted the air in the gentle morning light. Finally the imam's voice broke as he prayed for the souls of the dead. "May Allah grant us all peace," he intoned. "May all the brothers be free from danger." The Muslims of Mandalay gathered for a sombre first prayer of the Eid al-Fitr festival...