Loading...
Done
This aerial handout picture taken and provided on June 19, 2019 by one of the event organizers, Tharr Zaw, shows supporters making a mosaic portrait of Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi with placards during an event to celebrate her 74th birthday in Yangon. (Photo by Tharr Zaw/AFP Photo)

This aerial handout picture taken and provided on June 19, 2019 by one of the event organizers, Tharr Zaw, shows supporters making a mosaic portrait of Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi with placards during an event to celebrate her 74th birthday in Yangon. (Photo by Tharr Zaw/AFP Photo)



Wa ethnic women in traditional dresses attend a rehearsal session for the 30th anniversary of Wa State celebration in Panghsang, also called Pang Kham, of autonomous Wa region, north-eastern Myanmar, 15 April 2019. Panghsang, the administrative capital of Wa independent region has begun preparing the 30th anniversary of Wa State founding which will be held on 17 April. Wa has declared its independence on 17 April 1989. Although the government of Myanmar does not recognize the sovereignty of Wa State, Myanmar military cease fired with them on 09 May 1989. Wa State has been notorious for drug smuggling in the Golden Triangle of the last 30 years, although it declared its region a drug-free zone in 2005. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)

Wa ethnic women in traditional dresses attend a rehearsal session for the 30th anniversary of Wa State celebration in Panghsang, also called Pang Kham, of autonomous Wa region, north-eastern Myanmar, 15 April 2019. Panghsang, the administrative capital of Wa independent region has begun preparing the 30th anniversary of Wa State founding which will be held on 17 April. Wa has declared its independence on 17 April 1989. Although the government of Myanmar does not recognize the sovereignty of Wa State, Myanmar military cease fired with them on 09 May 1989. Wa State has been notorious for drug smuggling in the Golden Triangle of the last 30 years, although it declared its region a drug-free zone in 2005. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)



A dog rests on higher ground as it is surrounded by floodwaters in Shwegyin township, Bago Region on August 8, 2019. Raging monsoon flooding across Myanmar has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent weeks, officals said on August 8, as seasonal rains pummel the nation. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)

A dog rests on higher ground as it is surrounded by floodwaters in Shwegyin township, Bago Region on August 8, 2019. Raging monsoon flooding across Myanmar has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent weeks, officals said on August 8, as seasonal rains pummel the nation. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)



This photo taken on August 3, 2019 shows a veterinarian administering medicine before a wild elephant is released into the Zarmaye nature reserve located in the Bago region. Two wild elephants, which had been foraging villages and a highway for food in Yangon, were caught on August 3 and released into the Zarmaye nature reserve in the Bago region. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)

This photo taken on August 3, 2019 shows a veterinarian administering medicine before a wild elephant is released into the Zarmaye nature reserve located in the Bago region. Two wild elephants, which had been foraging villages and a highway for food in Yangon, were caught on August 3 and released into the Zarmaye nature reserve in the Bago region. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)



A woman holding a mobile phone with an image of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi takes a video during a protest in support of amendments to the 2008 Myanmar Constitution in Yangon on July 17, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)

A woman holding a mobile phone with an image of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi takes a video during a protest in support of amendments to the 2008 Myanmar Constitution in Yangon on July 17, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)



Buddhist monks attend the annual meeting of the ultra-nationalist group Buddha Dhamma Parahita Foundation, previously known as Ma Ba Tha, in Yangon on June 17, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)

Buddhist monks attend the annual meeting of the ultra-nationalist group Buddha Dhamma Parahita Foundation, previously known as Ma Ba Tha, in Yangon on June 17, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)



Girls parade with a portrait of General Aung San during the Martyrs' Day ceremony in Yangon on July 19, 2019. Myanmar observes the 72nd anniversary of Martyrs' Day on July 19, marking the assassination of independence heroes including Aung San Suu Kyi's father, who helped end British colonial rule. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)

Girls parade with a portrait of General Aung San during the Martyrs' Day ceremony in Yangon on July 19, 2019. Myanmar observes the 72nd anniversary of Martyrs' Day on July 19, marking the assassination of independence heroes including Aung San Suu Kyi's father, who helped end British colonial rule. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)



People walk past a garbage dump on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on June 5, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)

People walk past a garbage dump on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on June 5, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)



In this picture taken on June 18, 2019 students play in their classroom of a government school on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)

In this picture taken on June 18, 2019 students play in their classroom of a government school on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)



A supporter of a hard-line Buddhist monk Wirathu prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, following the monk's arrest warrant on a charge of sedition in Yangon, Myanmar, May 30, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)

A supporter of a hard-line Buddhist monk Wirathu prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, following the monk's arrest warrant on a charge of sedition in Yangon, Myanmar, May 30, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)



A woman smokes a cheroot, a traditional cigar from Myanmar in Bago, Myanmar, June 2, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)

A woman smokes a cheroot, a traditional cigar from Myanmar in Bago, Myanmar, June 2, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)



A supporter of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends her 74th birthday celebration in Yangon, Myanmar, June 19, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)

A supporter of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends her 74th birthday celebration in Yangon, Myanmar, June 19, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)



Students wait for Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to arrive at a school in Kawhmu, Yangon, Myanmar, July 18, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)

Students wait for Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to arrive at a school in Kawhmu, Yangon, Myanmar, July 18, 2019. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)



A man rides a motorbike along a coastal road as strong winds and waves batter the shoreline at Sittwe beach during monsoon season in Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar, 06 July 2019. (Photo by Nyunt Win/EPA/EFE)

A man rides a motorbike along a coastal road as strong winds and waves batter the shoreline at Sittwe beach during monsoon season in Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar, 06 July 2019. (Photo by Nyunt Win/EPA/EFE)



Myanmar police salute to the tomb of national hero Gen. Aung San during a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of the 1947 assassination of independence heroes including Gen. Aung San, the late father of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The country's Independence hero Gen. Aung San and his cabinet were gunned down in 1947. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)

Myanmar police salute to the tomb of national hero Gen. Aung San during a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of the 1947 assassination of independence heroes including Gen. Aung San, the late father of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The country's Independence hero Gen. Aung San and his cabinet were gunned down in 1947. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)



A girl collects drinking water at Dala river outside Yangon, Myanmar on March 3, 2016. Some 650 million people, or one in 10 of the world's population, have no access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death. Dirty water and poor sanitation can cause severe diarrhoeal diseases in children, killing 900 under-five a day across the world, according to United Nations estimates. World Water Day, marked this year on March 22, highlights various concerns about the world's water resources, and in 2016 is focusing on how good access to safe water can create paid work and contribute to a greener economy. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

A girl collects drinking water at Dala river outside Yangon, Myanmar on March 3, 2016. Some 650 million people, or one in 10 of the world's population, have no access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death. Dirty water and poor sanitation can cause severe diarrhoeal diseases in children, killing 900 under-five a day across the world, according to United Nations estimates. World Water Day, marked this year on March 22, highlights various concerns about the world's water resources, and in 2016 is focusing on how good access to safe water can create paid work and contribute to a greener economy. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)



A police officer uses a water cannon on a temporary tent to reduce heat near a pile of illegal drugs burning during a “Destruction Ceremony of Seized Narcotic Drugs”, held to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse, in Yangon, Myanmar, 26 June 2019. Myanmar authorities destroyed an assortment of drugs worth around 301.16 million US dollar in Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA/EFE)

A police officer uses a water cannon on a temporary tent to reduce heat near a pile of illegal drugs burning during a “Destruction Ceremony of Seized Narcotic Drugs”, held to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse, in Yangon, Myanmar, 26 June 2019. Myanmar authorities destroyed an assortment of drugs worth around 301.16 million US dollar in Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA/EFE)



A woman lits oil light as she offers light at the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, 28 April 2019. Buddhist people arrange to offer thirty feet and twenty feet long decorated flowers and some nine thousand candle lights to Buddha at the Shwedagon pagoda. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A woman lits oil light as she offers light at the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, 28 April 2019. Buddhist people arrange to offer thirty feet and twenty feet long decorated flowers and some nine thousand candle lights to Buddha at the Shwedagon pagoda. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)



A child plays in front of his house in Hlaing Tharyar township on the outskirts of Yangon on June 26, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)

A child plays in front of his house in Hlaing Tharyar township on the outskirts of Yangon on June 26, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)



Dancers perform Toe Naya dance (the dance of the yak) during the celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of Eastern Shan State Special Region 4, at border city Mong La, Eastern Shan State, Myanmar, 30 June 2019. Shan State Special region 4 (also called Mong La autonomous region) celebrates its 30th anniversary celebrations in Mong La, one of the major cities in Golden Triangle Region which was built from a small village to become Myanmar's capital of gambling. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Dancers perform Toe Naya dance (the dance of the yak) during the celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of Eastern Shan State Special Region 4, at border city Mong La, Eastern Shan State, Myanmar, 30 June 2019. Shan State Special region 4 (also called Mong La autonomous region) celebrates its 30th anniversary celebrations in Mong La, one of the major cities in Golden Triangle Region which was built from a small village to become Myanmar's capital of gambling. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)



Children play near an apartment complex on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on July 29, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)

Children play near an apartment complex on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on July 29, 2019. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)
10 Aug 2019 00:01:00