At four in the morning outside a Yangon monastery, Shwe Lei and her team were wrestling 30 writhing pythons into old rice sacks and loading them into a van. This photo taken on January 12, 2023 shows snake catcher Shwe Lei with a snake at the Buddhist monastery in Mingalardon Township in Yangon. This photo taken on January 12, 2023 shows a snake resting on a Buddha statue at the Buddhist monastery in Mingalardon Township in Yangon. This photo taken on February 11, 2023 shows a snake biting a man at the Buddhist monastery in Twantay Township in Yangon. This photo taken on January 12, 2023 shows snake catcher Shwe Lei with a snake at the Buddhist monastery in Mingalardon Township in Yangon.