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)





In this January 16, 2017, photo, Rohingya fishermen pull their rafts made of empty plastic containers along the shallow coastline of the Bay of Bengal in Tha Pyay Taw village, Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo by Esther Htusan/AP Photo)





In this January 16, 2017, photo, Rohingya fishermen sell fish caught from makeshift rafts made from recycled plastic containers in Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo by Esther Htusan/AP Photo)





In this Friday, February 10, 2017, photo, an ethnic Inntha fisherman gathers his net on the Inle Lake, southern Shan State, Myanmar. (Photo by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)





Hot-air balloons carrying tourists take off before sunrise over ancient city Bagan January 11, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man looks at a sign showing the bus routes for a new transport system at a bus stop in Yangon, Myanmar January 16, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People ride a bus as they travel in Yangon, Myanmar January 14, 2017. Picture taken January 14, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Old buses ride down a road as they carry passengers in Yangon, Myanmar January 16, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People ride a bus as they travel in Yangon, Myanmar January 14, 2017. Picture taken January 14, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People wait for a bus, in Yangon, Myanmar January 15, 2017. Picture taken January 15, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





An assistant driver waves to passengers in Yangon, Myanmar January 16, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A member of the National League for Democracy party distributes leaflets to show a new bus route in Yangon, Myanmar January 16, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People ride a bus as they travel in Yangon, Myanmar January 16, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Rohingya refugees sit on the roadside to get financial help from commuters near Kutupalang Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, February 8, 2017. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





A Rohingya girl gestures while reciting a poem at a makeshift school at Balukhali Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh April 10, 2017. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





In this January 16, 2017, photo, Rohingya fishermen carry a fishing raft, constructed with empty plastic containers, up the beach in Tha Pyay Taw village, Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo by Esther Htusan/AP Photo)





A farmer and her dog walk through a rice field in Naypytaw, Myanmar, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Myanmar celebrates the national holiday Peasants' Day annually on March 2 to show the country's appreciation to its laborers. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





In this January 16, 2017, photo, traditional wooden boats of the Rohingya fishermen sit along the beach abandoned in Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo by Esther Htusan/AP Photo)





In this January 16, 2017, photo, Rohingya fishermen launch a raft made of empty plastic containers to go fishing into the rough sea off of Tha Pyay Taw village, Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo by Esther Htusan/AP Photo)





In this January 16, 2017, photo, a police officer rides away with a bag of fish from the Rohingya fishermen in Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo by Esther Htusan/AP Photo)





Ethnic Kachin people visit Myitsone, the confluence of the Mali and Nmai rivers, outside Myitkyina, capital city of Kachin state, Myanmar March 30, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A Rohingya boy carries fishes at the beach in Sittwe in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar March 2, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)