19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Voices of Democracy

In Yangon on 07th Feb '2021, people assembled to protest against the Military coup which had began on the morning of 1st February 2021. People peacefully protested and chanted "We don't want Military dictatorship." There were tens of thousands of people demonstrating in Yangon and smaller demonstrations were also held in the Capital, Nay Pyi Taw and the country's second largest city, Mandalay. Military attempted to stop anti-coup rallies by imposing an internet shutdown.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2021
Date Uploaded: 09.2021
Photo Location: Yangon, Myanmar
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Zay Yar Lin