In an act of faith, militant Christian groups take on narcotic producers in Myanmar

Pat Jasan, a little-known grassroots Christian group in Myanmar, was thrust into the international spotlight recently when thousands of its members marched through the northern Kachin State on a mission to destroy opium poppies they say are blighting the region.

Several of them were hurt when farmers, for whom the opium poppy is often the only source of income, began attacking the group to protect their fields. Photographers from the Associated Press and the European Press Agency captured some of the drama.