A woman collects dried fish from a fishing net at Ngapali Beach near a fishing village in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, Saturday, December 31, 2022. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





Fishermen unload the day's catch from a fishing boat at Ngapali Beach near a fishing village in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, Saturday, December 31, 2022. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





Fishermen unload the day's catch from a fishing boat at Ngapali Beach near a fishing village in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, Saturday, December 31, 2022. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





Soldiers attend a ceremony marking Myanmar's 75th anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Myanmar's ruling military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, on Wednesday described plans for an election later this year and called for national unity in a speech as he led a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of independence from Britain. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





A soldier runs into the smoke during a ceremony marking Myanmar's 75th anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, January 4, 2023. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





Police attend a ceremony marking Myanmar's 75th anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, January 4, 2023. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





Relatievs and friends gather around a bus carrying inmates upon their release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 January 2023. The Myanmar military council granted amnesty to over seven thousand people across the country to mark the Independence Day. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA/EFE)





This photo taken on January 14, 2023 shows waste collectors paddling polystyrene boats as they look for plastic and glass to recycle in Pazundaung Creek in Yangon. Dozens of Myanmar waste collectors are taking to the murky waters of a Yangon creek after being driven to find work by a post-coup economic crisis. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





People visit a Chinese temple in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 January 2023. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called “Spring Festival”, falls on 22 January 2023, marking the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA/EFE)





A woman burns incense sticks inside a Chinese temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Yangon's Chinatown on January 22, 2023 which ushers in the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





This handout photo from the Myanmar junta's information team taken and released on February 13, 2023, shows construction of the Maravijaya Buddha statue in Naypyidaw, which state media claims will be the world's largest marble statue of the Buddha when it is completed. (Photo by Handout/Myanmar Military Information Team via AFP Photo)





Members of an honor guard march during a ceremony to mark Myanmar's 76th anniversary of Union Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, February 12, 2023. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





The bodies of two individuals lie on a field in Nyaung Yin village, Myinmu township in the Sagaing region, central Myanmar on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Soldiers in Myanmar rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people, residents said, in the latest of what critics of the ruling military say are a series of war crimes since the army seized power two years ago. (Photo by UGC via AP Photo)





Buddhist novices line up for lunch alms at a monastery on the eve of the Full Moon Day of Tabaung celebrations, in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 March 2023. Full Moon Day of Tabaung, which in 2023 falls on 05 March, marks the last month of Myanmar's lunar calendar. People traditionally make donations to monks and build stupas or pagodas with sand along the beach. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA)





People dressed in traditional religious clothing gather for a Buddhist ceremony in which an auspicious golden umbrella is placed at the top of a pagoda, donated by Karen state Border Guard Forces chief Saw Chit Thu, at Pyi Thar Lin Aye pagoda in Hlaingbwe township in Karen state on March 5, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





This photo taken on March 5, 2023 show fighters competing in a bout during a traditional Myanmar boxing Lethwei tournament at Pyi Thar Lin Aye pagoda in Hlaingbwe township in Karen state. The spectacle of almost-no-holds-barred traditional Myanmar boxing known as Lethwei, considered one of the most aggressive combat sports in the world – with fighters eschewing boxing gloves for thin gauze bandages wrapped around hardened knuckles – draws huge crowds in the eastern border state of Karen. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A visitor walks past stupas at the Kakku pagoda complex near Taunggyi township in Myanmar's southern Shan state on March 21, 2023. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





Military officers march during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





A visitor walks at the Mahar Myat Muni pagoda in Mandalay on March 29, 2023. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





A bus carrying released prisoners leaves Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 17, 2023. Myanmar’s military government on Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule. (Photo by AP Photo)