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Added on the 03/02/2021 11:37:16 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Protesters return to the street in Myanmar’s city of Mandalay, a day after security forces fired at the crowd, killing two people. It was the deadliest day yet in more than two weeks of nationwide street demonstrations. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people line up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people seek to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service. IMAGES
Streets in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon are quieter than usual, with a heavy military presence in parts of the city where soldiers stand guard at checkpoints and patrol in trucks, as the nation marks the third anniversary of a 2021 coup d'etat. Opponents of the military have called for people to stay indoors in a "silent strike" against the coup. IMAGES
Hundreds of protestors gather outside the UN office in Bangkok on the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. IMAGES
A convoy of Israeli armoured personnel carriers drive in clouds of dust near the border with Gaza. Israeli forces were readying for a looming Gaza ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that unleashed the bloodiest attack in the country's history. IMAGES