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This is a long shot of an old man sitting in front of a house that was burned by the army’s artillery fire. The man squats in front of the rubble and remains of the house. He wears a surgical face mask and hugs his knees.
Mai Thomas/SOPA Images/Sipa USA

  • An old man sitting in front of a house that was burned by the army’s artillery fire. Six days of fighting between the security and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) have destroyed almost all the houses in a Konethar village in Namhsan Township, northern Shan State. Myanmar Security forces raided a village and burned down the houses of the residents and killed their animals.

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  • Credits Mai Thomas/SOPA Images/Sipa USA
  • Themes Conflict
  • Regions Myanmar

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