Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent fifteen years under house arrest, was handed sweeping powers following her landslide victory in Myanmar's election in November. The ruling party, which was created by the country's former junta and is led by retired military officers, conceded defeat in a major milestone on Myanmar's rocky path from dictatorship to democracy. Pictured in Yangon, November 8, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)
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