A Rohingya girl carries water to her tent at an IDP (internally displaced peoples) camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar, Nov. 24, 2012.

Kyaw Tin examines a woman named Mumtaz at a government-run medical clinic on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar, Nov. 25. Mumtaz was later taken to a local hospital.

A pregnant woman suffers from labor pains as foreign medical teams try to assist Rohingya in need at a makeshift medical clinic on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar, Nov. 25.

A worker builds new housing aimed at offering the Rohingya an alternative to tented IDP (internally displaced peoples) camps on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar, Nov. 25.

Aaisha sits with her 11-month-old baby Bibi at an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar, Nov. 23.

Rohingya pray inside a makeshift mosque during Friday prayer at an IDP (internally displaced peoples) camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar, Nov. 23.

Gulzar looks out from her tent at a crowded IDP (internally displaced peoples) camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar, Nov. 25.

A novice Buddhist monk of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage enters a temple for prayers during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in Ladakh, northern India, Nov. 12, 2012.

Buddhist monks of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage wait to perform a "bone dance" ritual during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in Ladakh, northern India, Nov. 12. The sacred dances are a purification ritual that Tibetan Buddhists believe will rid the world of negative obstacles.

Buddhist monks of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage perform a dance ritual during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in Ladakh, northern India, Nov. 12. The sacred dances are a purification ritual that Tibetan Buddhists believe will rid the world of negative obstacles.

A Buddhist monk of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage yawns as he sits with other monks during a break at an annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in Ladakh, northern India, Nov. 11.

Buddhist monks of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage blow traditional horns during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in Ladakh, northern India, Nov. 12.

Buddhist monks of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage play instruments during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in Ladakh, northern India, Nov. 12.

Buddhist monks of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage perform prayers before the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in Ladakh, northern India, Nov. 12.

A Muslim woman collects water outside her village, which was partially burnt in recent violence, in Mrauk Oo, Myanmar, Oct. 29, 2012.

A Muslim woman collects pieces of metal from the rubble of a Muslim quarter of Pa Rein village that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas in Myauk Oo, Myanmar, Oct. 29.

A Muslim woman holds her child in a Muslim quarter of Pa Rein village, Myauk Oo, Myanmar, Oct. 29.

A Bangladeshi Buddhist woman cries at a Buddhist temple which was torched in Ramu in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Oct. 1. Hundreds of Buddhists fled their southern Bangladesh villages in the wake of attacks by Muslims who burned at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran. The Buddhists started returning home Monday amid heightened security and more than 160 arrests.

Pages of burned religious books remain at a Buddhist temple on Oct. 1 which was torched in an overnight weekend attack in Ramu in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

A Bangladeshi Buddhist Monk reacts as he looks at a burned book shelf at a Buddhist temple on Oct. 1.

A woman sits in front of her burned home on Oct. 1 after Muslims attacked and set fire to Buddhist households in Cox's Bazar.

Shoshi Barua, 56, a Buddhist woman lies under a mosquito net in her temporary shelter on Oct. 1 after Muslims set fire to her home in Cox's Bazar.

A Buddhist woman walks through the gate of a temple as a policeman stands guard on Oct. 1 after a weekend attack on the temple by Muslims, in Cox's Bazar.

Muslim residents carry their belongings as they evacuate their houses amid ongoing violence in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western state of Rakhine on Tuesday. Dozens of people have been killed in a surge in sectarian violence in Myanmar, an official said on Tuesday as international pressure grew for an end to the bloodshed. A state of emergency has been declared in western Rakhine state, which has been rocked by a wave of rioting and arson, posing a major test for the reformist government which took power last year.

A resident walks through the smouldering remains of a burned house in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.

Bangladeshi Border Guard (BGB) personnel keep watch at a wharf in Taknaf on June 12, 2012, following the religious violence in neighbouring Myanmar. A Rohingya Muslim died in a Bangladeshi hospital June 12, days after he was shot allegedly by Myanmar security forces during last week's sectarian violence, police said. Bangladeshi border guards have been turning back boats transporting Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, officials said, as the UN refugee agency called for the border to be opened.

A Rohingya Muslim family, who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religious violence, sits at a relief camp in Taknaf, Bangladesh, on Tuesday. Bangladesh on Tuesday turned away three boats carrying 1,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar, bringing to 1,500 the number of refugees blocked in recent days, officials said.

An ethnic Rakhine man holds homemade weapons as he walks in front of houses that were burnt during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe on Sunday. Northwest Myanmar was tense on Monday after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of Muslims and Buddhists torching houses and police firing into the air to disperse crowds.

Policemen move towards burning houses during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe on Sunday. Northwest Myanmar was tense on Monday after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of Muslims and Buddhists torching houses and police firing into the air to disperse crowds.

Ethnic Rakhine people get water from a firefighter truck to extinguish fire set to their houses during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe.

An ethnic Rakhine woman carries her belongings and a sharpened bamboo stick for protection during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe on Sunday.

A Buddhist monk looks from the window behind a policeman during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe.

Thais gather near a giant Buddha statue during Makha Bucha Day at a temple in Ang Thong province, about 60 miles north of Bangkok on Wednesday. Makha Bucha Day honours Buddha and his teachings, and falls on the full moon day of the third lunar month.