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In this January 16, 2017, photo, Rohingya fishermen pull their raft made of empty plastic containers along the coastline of the Bay of Bengal in Tha Pyay Taw village, Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. Their usual, sturdy fishing boats were outlawed three months ago when Myanmar authorities launched a sweeping and violent counter-insurgency campaign in Rakhine state, home to the long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority. The ban on fishing boats – meant to prevent insurgents from entering or leaving the country by sea – is just one small provision in the wider crackdown, in which authorities have been accused of widespread abuses. (Photo by Esther Htusan/AP Photo)
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