Photo of the Day: iPhone Wielding Monks

Even men of cloth can't resist Apple's iconic phone.

Matt Schiavenza Mar 18 2013, 7:45 AM ET

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Buddhist monks have a well-earned reputation for asceticism, but these young men in Beijing are doing what young people around the world do every day: taking photos of themselves with their phone.

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Matt Schiavenza is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees The China Channel.

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