Captain Tun Myat Aung, 30, a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding.

Captain Tun Myat Aung, 30, a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

During a clash with security forces, protestors fire large homemade catapults as they try to stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa township.

During a clash with security forces, protestors fire a large homemade catapult as they try to stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa township.

During a clash with security forces, protestors use homemade catapults and slingshots, to try and stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa township.

Young protestors in Tharketa township prepare to confront the security forces and try to stop them entering their neighbourhood.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

[NOTE: Please do not credit photographer] YANGON - March 28, 2021: Protestors clash with security forces in Tharketa township, Yangon, Myanmar. CREDIT: The New York Times

During a clash with security forces, protestors use homemade weapons such as airguns and slingshots, to try and stop the police and military forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Tharketa t...

Thick smoke rises ahead of a barrier erected by frontline defenders, flying their black flag, and anti-coup protestors as they clash with security forces in Tharketa township.

Anti-coup protestors gesture at security forces as they prepare to confront the police and military and try and stop them from entering into their neighbourhood in Hlaing township.

Police arrest an anti-coup protestor in downtown Yangon.

Young protestors gesture at the police from behind a barrier in Tharketa township where anti-coup protestors have gathered to try and prevent the security forces from entering their neighbourhood.

Young protestors gesture at the police from behind a barrier in Tharketa township where anti-coup protestors have gathered to try and prevent the security forces from entering their neighbourhood.

A young woman shouts at the police from behind a barrier in Tharketa township where anti-coup protestors have gathered to try and prevent the security forces from entering their neighbourhood.

A man moves his family's furniture in a cart after struggling with the rent for their house after prices skyrocketed, especially for housing and food, as the urban population of Altamira increased fro...

A young protestor, injured by rubber bullet during a clash with security forces, is treated by local women inside a house in Tharket township.

A man aims a home made weapon as anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tharketa township.

A man aims a home made weapon as anti-coup protestors and frontline defenders get ready for the expected crack down by the security forces in Tharketa township.

Anti-coup protestors prepare to confront the security forces as they try and stop from entering into their neighbourhood in Hlaing township.

A usually-busy downtown road, pictured at rush hour, on the day of the 'silent strike', calling for people to stay at home and for businesses to close for a whole day.

A usually-busy downtown road, pictured at rush hour, on the day of the 'silent strike', calling for people to stay at home and for businesses to close for a whole day.

A protestor who was shot in the chest with live ammunition arrives at a hospital for treatment.

Young protestors in Tharketa township prepare Molotov cocktails and burning torches as they try and stop the security forces from entering their neighbourhood.

A woman, standing beside the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square, raises her fist while holding a placard with the slogan 'Freedom to Protest' during a demonstration against Home Secretary Prit...

Anti-coup protestors prepare to confront the security forces as they try and stop from entering into their neighbourhood in Hlaing township.

A man holding a placard in Parliament Square during a 'Freedom to Protest' demonstration against Home Secretary Priti Patel's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

Anti-coup protestors prepare to confront the security forces as they try and stop from entering into their neighbourhood in Hlaing township.

Anti-coup protestors burn tyres to block a road to prevent the security forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Hlaing township.

A man holding a placard in Parliament Square during a 'Freedom to Protest' demonstration against Home Secretary Priti Patel's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

Two women, standing on the plinth of Suffragette Millicent Garrett Fawcett's statue in Parliament Square, holding placards with slogans referencing sexual abuse of women while taking part in a 'Freedo...

Anti-coup protestors burn tyres to block a road to prevent the security forces from entering into their neighbourhood in Hlaing township.

Two women, standing on the plinth of Suffragette Millicent Garrett Fawcett's statue in Parliament Square, holding placards with slogans referencing sexual abuse of women while taking part in a 'Freedo...

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

Captain Tun Myat Aung, 30, a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

Captain Tun Myat Aung, 30, a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding.

Captain Tun Myat Aung, 30, a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

Captain Tun Myat Aung (30), a soldier who deserted the army to join the anti-coup movement and is now in hiding, holds up his hand to give the three fingers pro-democracy gesture.

A bus at a stop in Elephant and Castle, during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown.

Anti-coup protestors look out for the military and police from their makeshift barrier they have erected to block the security forces on a bridge in Bayintnaung junction, a major hub across the river...

Anti-coup protestors burn tyres on a bridge in Bayintnaung in an attempt to block the movement of joint military and police security forces.

Anti-coup protestors push tyres towards a bridge in Bayintnaung where they'll be set alight in an attempt to block the movement of joint military and police security forces.

Anti-coup protestors look out for the military and police from their makeshift barrier they have erected to block the security forces on a bridge in Bayintnaung junction, a major hub across the river...

Anti-coup protestors look out for the military and police from their makeshift barrier they have erected to block the security forces on a bridge in Bayintnaung junction, a major hub across the river...

Anti-coup protestors prepare wet sheets and blankets to use to douse the smoke from tear gas cannisters in advance of pro-democracy demonstrations at Bayintnaung junction, a major hub across the river...

A woman and her twins on the roof of Hillbrow flats.

An armed security guard stands outside a supermarket.

Anti-coup protestors, armed with molotov cocktails, wait to confront the security forces behind a makeshift barricade.

A youth throws a molotov cocktail as security forces advance towards anti-coup protestors sheltering behind a makeshift barricade.

An anti-coup protestor lights a firecracker to throw at the security forces in an atempt to delay them from entering into the street.

Anti-coup protestors, armed with molotov cocktails and firecrackers, wait for the security forces behind a makeshift barricade.

Soe Win Naing (26), wearing makeshift armour and holding a firework launcher, stands behind a makeshift barricade during an anti-coup protest. Behind him youths scatter bricks on the road to try an im...

A petrol station that has closed earlier than its normal operating hours. Where they are open, most petrol stations are only selling a limited amount of fuel to each customer.

A closed KBZ Bank ATM outlet. Most bank's ATM machines are only operating for a short time, if at all, each day as most are empty of cash.

A cyclo-rickshaw passes a five-star hotel in the city centre.

A billboard advertisement for washing detergent in central Lusaka.

A notice offering work to construction workers and labourers on a fence surrounding the construction site of Peninsula Yangon, a 130 million USD development that was, according to past media reports,...

[NOTE: Please do not credit photographer] YANGON - March 18, 2021: A Buddhist monk walks past the closed doors at the main entrance of Myanma Economic Bank branch no.2 many staff of which have also be...

A neighbourhood displaying banners of Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint. Local residents have constructed barricades at the end of its street to try and prevent security forces from entering the area.

A notice offering work to construction workers and labourers on a fence surrounding the construction site of Peninsula Yangon, a 130 million USD development that was, according to past media reports,...

A member of staff walks up an escalator that has been turned off in a shopping centre where, as a result of the military coup and the suppression of protests, most of the shops are closed and the cent...

A shopping centre where, as a result of the military coup and the suppression of protests, most of the shops are closed and the centre itself is now only open until 3.30pm instead of the normal closin...

Cleaning staff pause from their work inside an almost empty shopping centre.

A petrol station that has closed earlier than its normal operating hours. Where they are open, most petrol stations are only selling a limited amount of fuel to each customer.

The empty Yangon Central Railway Station which has not been in operation as the staff have been participating in the Civil Disobedience Movements and staying away from their work places.

A Buddhist monk walks past the closed doors at the main entrance of Myanma Economic Bank Branch No.1 where many of the staff have joined the Civil Disobedience Movements and are staying away from thei...

Playwright and screenwriter Theresa Ikoko at the housing estate in Hackney where she grew up.

People run into their streets as security forces approach in a crack down in the Hlaingtharyar industrial zone on the outskirts of Yangon.

An anti-coup protestor holds bullet casing left after the security forces opened fire as they cracked down on demonstrations in the Hlaingtharyar industrial zone on the outskirts of Yangon.

An anti-coup protestor holds bullet casings and a metal ball shot by the security forces as they cracked down on demonstrations in the Hlaingtharyar industrial zone on the outskirts of Yangon.

Ma Zin Mar Wai together with her 6-year-old son Kaung Khant Oo, family members and relatives mourn beside the dead body of Ko Thet Wai (35), a day labourer who died after being shot in the head while...

A man shot by the security forces is carried off for treatment in a motorcycle rickshaw during clashes between local residents and joint military and police units in the Hlaingtharyar industrial zone...

A man displays a bullet hole in a homemade shield used by protestors as protection against joint military and police security forces who are using live rounds during clashes in the Hlaingtharyar indus...