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Sri Lankan Buddhist monks take part in a ceremony to invoke blessings for those who died in the recent flooding and landslides. The government says 213 people are now confirmed killed in the May 26 rains that triggered over a dozen landslides and flooded 15 of the island's 25 districts.

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