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Journalists participate in a protest along the streets of Yangon

Journalists participate in a protest along the streets of Yangon, August 4, 2012. According to local media, two weekly journals, The Envoy and The Voice Weekly, were banned indefinitely for publishing several stories without the consent of the local censorship board. The shirts they are wearing read, "Stop killing press." REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA)

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People eat food distributed at a Buddhist monastery used as a collective shelter for those displaced by recent violence in Sittwe

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