This photo taken on January 23, 2024 shows a man swimming after a dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





Myanmar military officers march during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 79th Armed Forces Day, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





People walk under an umbrella to shelter from the sun during a heatwave in Yangon on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





A soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) carries an RPG launcher at a Myanmar military base at Thingyan Nyi Naung village on the outskirts of Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





LT Saw Kaw, a soldier of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in charge of the Cobra column, burns Myanmar's national flag at a Myanmar military base at Thingyan Nyi Naung village on the outskirts of Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrol on a vehicle, next to an area destroyed by Myanmar's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Soldiers of the People's Defence Forces (PDF) gather at Infantry Batallion 275 at Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrols on a vehicle, next to an area destroyed by Myanmar's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Relatives gather around a bus carrying prisoners being released from Insein prison for the Buddhist New Year, in Yangon on April 17, 2024. Myanmar's junta on April 17, 2024, announced a pardon for more than 3,300 prisoners under a regular amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year festival. (Photo by AFP Photo)





Women walk under umbrellas to shelter from the sun on a hot day in Yangon on April 25, 2024. Extreme heat is scorching parts of South and Southeast Asia, prompting health warnings from authorities as high temperatures are recorded across the region. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





A man uses a plastic bag to cover his head during the rain in Yangon on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





Devotees visit Shwedagon Pagoda as Buddhists mark Buddha's Birthday, which falls on the Full Moon Day of Kasone, in Yangon on May 22, 2024. Thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered at Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda on May 22 to mark the Buddha's birthday and to water a sacred Bodhi tree to mark a full moon festival. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





A car carrying the coffin of the late Myanmar general turned democracy activist Tin Oo makes its way to the cemetery during his funeral in Yangon on June 5, 2024. Hundreds mourned the death of Tin Oo, a Myanmar general turned democracy activist and confidante of Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon on June 5 amid tight junta security. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





Intha fishermen use a unique conical net on Inle Lake in Myanmar in the second decade of June 2024. They propel their boats by rowing with their legs. (Photo by Hilton Chen/Media Drum Images)





Officials stand in front of a burning pile of seized illegal drugs during a destruction ceremony to mark the UN's “International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking” in Yangon on June 26, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





This photo taken on July 7, 2024 shows the Dhammayazaka Pagoda in Bagan in Myanmar's central Mandalay Region. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





Devotees pour water on a Buddha statue as they visit Shwedagon Pagoda during the full moon day of Waso, a sacred day in the Myanmar lunar calendar that marks the beginning of Buddhist Lent, in Yangon on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





Ethnic Karen artists practice near the stage to perform during their traditional “Wrist Tying Ceremony” at National Race Village in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, August 17, 2024. (Phoot by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)





Women in Pathein, Myanmar, construct in the last decade of August 2024 parasols that they will paint in vibrant colours to sell in nearby markets. (Photo by Nantapon Pattamakijsakul/Solent News)





Baby elephant twins play next to their mother at Wingabaw Elephant Camp, Myanmar's Bago region, on September 5, 2024. Baby elephant twins born last week on a timber camp in Myanmar are thriving after a wobbly first few days in the world, officials told AFP on Thursday. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)