Swiss Buddhist monk

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Swiss Buddhist monk Kurt Genso is pictured in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2012. He has launched a fund-raising campaign in Japan to construct a school building in Laos, as a seminary there is short of money necessary to educate its growing ranks of young devotees studying to pursue a religious career.

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