100 days of Myanmar’s military coup – in pictures

by The Guardian (Reprinted)
written by The Guardian (Reprinted)

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was deposed on 1 February, triggering a mass uprising of daily protests and a nationwide civil servants’ boycott. As journalists are not officially allowed to report from the country, the photographers’ names have been withheld

3 February 2021Soldiers ride in armoured vehicles in Myitkyina, Kachin state, as Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged two days after her detention
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3 FebruaryPeople take part in a noise campaign in Yangon after calls for protest went out on social media
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3 FebruaryPeople make three-finger salutes in Yangon
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8 FebruaryProtesters gather in the centre of Yangon
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9 FebruaryProtesters stand under plastic sheeting to protect themselves against police water cannon in Yangon
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11 FebruaryProtesters in Yangon step on an image of the country’s military chief, Min Aung Hlaing
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22 FebruaryA mass protest in Mandalay
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26 FebruaryPolice arrest a protester in Yangon
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28 FebruaryPolice crack down on protesters in Yangon
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2 MarchProtesters react to teargas fired by police in the north-western town of Kale
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3 MarchProtesters clash with police in Yangon
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8 MarchA nun pleads with police not to harm protesters in Myitkyina, Kachin state
Photograph: Myitkyina News Journal/AFP/Getty Images
16 MarchThe mother of Khant Nyar Hein reacts at his funeral. The first-year medical student was shot by security forces as he protested
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17 MarchProtesters carry a wounded man shot by the security forces in Yangon
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19 MarchProtesters take cover behind makeshift barricades in Thaketa township, Yangon
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19 MarchA protester jumps over a makeshift barricade during a crackdown by the security forces in Thaketa township
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