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![Protesters hold up "Milk Tea Alliance" - an online democratic solidarity movement of netizens from Myanmar, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand - placards during a demonstration in Yangon against the military coup. [Ye Aung Thu/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_93X8CE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Protesters hold up "Milk Tea Alliance" - an online democratic solidarity movement of netizens from Myanmar, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand - placards during a demonstration in Yangon against the military coup. [Ye Aung Thu/AFP]
![People make the three-finger salute during ongoing protests against the military coup in Yangon. [Ye Aung Thu/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_93X8G6.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
People make the three-finger salute during ongoing protests against the military coup in Yangon. [Ye Aung Thu/AFP]
![Security forces intensified their use of force to crack down on demonstrations that have gone on for weeks since the February 1 military coup. [Lynn Bo Bo/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/h_56728672.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Security forces intensified their use of force to crack down on demonstrations that have gone on for weeks since the February 1 military coup. [Lynn Bo Bo/EPA]
![Protesters erect makeshift barricades in Yangon. [Ye Aung Thu/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_93X8CC.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Protesters erect makeshift barricades in Yangon. [Ye Aung Thu/AFP]
![Myanmar security forces violently dispersed anti-coup rallies around the country on Sunday, with reports of protesters killed in the crackdown. [Nyein Chan Naing/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/h_56728692.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Myanmar security forces violently dispersed anti-coup rallies around the country on Sunday, with reports of protesters killed in the crackdown. [Nyein Chan Naing/EPA]
![Myanmar has been roiled by giant demonstrations and a civil disobedience campaign encouraging civil servants to walk off the job since the military takeover. [Lynn Bo Bo/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/h_56728675.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Myanmar has been roiled by giant demonstrations and a civil disobedience campaign encouraging civil servants to walk off the job since the military takeover. [Lynn Bo Bo/EPA]
![Sunday's crackdown followed a similar wave of violent action against angry but largely peaceful anti-coup rallies around the country a day earlier. [Lynn Bo Bo/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/h_56728739.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Sunday's crackdown followed a similar wave of violent action against angry but largely peaceful anti-coup rallies around the country a day earlier. [Lynn Bo Bo/EPA]
![Protesters run after police fired tear in Yangon. [Sai Aung Main/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_93X8EW.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Protesters run after police fired tear in Yangon. [Sai Aung Main/AFP]
![Myanmar riot police prepare to cross the blockades set up by protesters in Mandalay. [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21059221934746-e1614516729634.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Myanmar riot police prepare to cross the blockades set up by protesters in Mandalay. [AP Photo]
![A wounded protester is taken to the hospital during protests against the military coup in Dawei. [Dawei Watch via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-28T070735Z_969950638_RC2I1M9P5MSF_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A wounded protester is taken to the hospital during protests against the military coup in Dawei. [Dawei Watch via Reuters]
![Protesters clash with riot police in Yangon. [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-28T070716Z_1605193134_RC2J1M92C2G8_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Protesters clash with riot police in Yangon. [Reuters]
![Protesters take cover as they clash with riot police officers during in Yangon. [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-28T070616Z_1683028531_RC2J1M9S9R6R_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Protesters take cover as they clash with riot police officers during in Yangon. [Reuters]
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Dozens detained at Kazakhstan political prisoner protest
Police in Kazakhstan detained protesters calling for the release of political prisoners in line with an EU resolution.
![The EU resolution said 'systemic shortcomings in relation to respect for freedom of association, assembly and expression' persisted in the country [File: Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/55ff619bb6a746b7b8f4ae30a53c6ecf_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
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Saudi Arabia ‘intercepts ballistic missile over Riyadh’
Saudi-led coalition blames Yemen’s Houthis as state TV broadcasts footage of explosions in the air over Riyadh.
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Iran receives China’s Sinopharm jabs as COVID deaths reach 60,000
Iran will receive several million more doses of foreign vaccines while advancing work on promising local candidates.
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US authorises Johnson and Johnson’s COVID vaccine
Single-dose vaccine is the third authorised in the US and is 85 percent protective against severe illness.
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New Zealand’s Auckland in lockdown for second time in a month
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After months of downplaying deadly disease, government officials have urged people to take precautions and wear masks.
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