Yangon

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.

Smoke billows from an apartment block and market in Yangon's Lanmadaw township. (Myanmar Fire Services Department / Facebook)

Scores of people were rescued from a blazing building in Yangon’s Than Zay market early Thursday, many brought to safety with a cherry-picker crane from the highest floors.

Traffic on a road in central Yangon. (Romeo Gacad / AFP)

Air pollution rose to unhealthy levels in Yangon this morning in a worrying trend for public health.

The suspect was charged for allegedly robbing a CB Bank branch in Yangon. (Ye Zarni Media / Facebook)

A 47-year-old man was charged yesterday for his alleged role in holding up a Yangon bank using a fake bomb.

A photo purportedly showing the fake bomb used by the robbers at the CB Bank branch. (Kyaw Swar Myint / Facebook)

Yangon police are on the hunt for two gun men who robbed a CB Bank branch using a bundle of fake dynamite strapped to a cell phone this morning.

Thu Myat and Wunna Aung displayed a papier mâché cow and rocking horse following a traditional method of sculpture. (Photos by Myanmar Mix)

Myanmar and Singaporean artists breathed new life into the Chin Tsong Palace. 

 This photo taken on July 15, 2017 shows a customer playing with dogs at a dog coffee shop in Yangon. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

Dog and cat owners in Yangon who fail to register their pets could be fined and even jailed under a plan being considered by the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC).

Fruit being sold at Bogyoke Aung San Market in Yangon. (Yis Ris)

Footage of Yangon municipal workers smashing the oranges of an elderly vendor has been shared on Facebook 85,000 times so far and led to outrage about the way he was treated.

Yangon traffic police are cracking down on honking drivers. (AFP)

Remove your hand from the horn and step out of the car. 

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