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Myanmar authorities have gradually ramped up the use of force to disperse protests against the military coup. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

Smoke, rubble and gunshot wounds have conjured images of Yangon neighbourhoods as “battlegrounds” this week, and though the term helps emphasise the severity of the situation, it can also be slightly misleading.

People practice yoga in Maha Bandula Park in downtown Yangon on December 4, 2020. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

The Yangon City Development Committee said parks can open from 5am to 6pm.

Volunteer Sithu Aung puts on a face mask as he prepares to bury a person suspected of dying from the Covid-19 coronavirus in Yangon. (Photos by Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Sweating under his protective gear, volunteer Sithu Aung lays another coronavirus victim to rest—offering crucial funeral rites to his Muslim community in Myanmar's virus-ravaged commercial capital.

An early morning bus rushes by in Yangon. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP)

A Yangon bus driver is facing up to seven years in jail after he allegedly abandoned a concussed woman passenger in a forest.

A dish served at restaurant Joitamoi by Orng in Sanchaung Township. (Joitamoi by Chef Orng / Facebook)

While most businesses are hurting because of the pandemic, things are particularly tough for the restaurant industry.

The subway crosses underneath the busy Pyay Road outside shopping mall Junction Square.

The tunnel will include shops and is expected to open in late January. 

 A woman visits the Sex Workers in Myanmar drop-in centre in Yangon. (Mariana Palavra / UNICEF)

Generous Myanmar Mix readers have raised funds and created job opportunities for sex workers affected by the pandemic.

 

Police raided Myst Bar and Lounge in Bahan township at 2am on Saturday. (Photo: Facebook)

Police swooped on a nightclub in Yangon early on Saturday (November 7) morning and arrested at least 80 people, including foreigners, for breaking Covid-19 rules, according to local media.

Buddhist monk Wirathu (L) waves to his followers before turning himself in at a Yangon police station on November 2, 2020. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

Extremist Buddhist monk Wirathu turned himself in at a Yangon police station today on a charge of sedition after more than a year evading authorities.

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