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An amateur video shows security forces fire at protesters in the city of Myitkyina, northern Myanmar. A journalist at the scene told AFP that security forces used tear gas and then opened fire to disperse the crowd, but it was unclear whether they used rubber bullets or live rounds. IMAGES
Three bombs exploded in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state, a cauldron of ethnic tensions roiled by insurgencies and a military crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya, injuring one policeman. IMAGES
Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape declares a 14-day state of emergency in the capital Port Moresby, after 15 people were killed in riots as crowds looted and burned shops, adding that more than 1,000 troops are on standby "to step in wherever necessary" under the emergency decree. SOUNDBITE
A village in Myanmar's Mon state is submerged by murky yellow-brown waters as floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in the country, according to officials. IMAGES
Vehicles were torched and protesters clashed with police in a night of violence outside the Sri Lankan president's home on Thursday as anger built against a dire economic crisis. IMAGES
Under heavy police watch, Nigerians protest at the Unity fountain in Abuja to mark a year after security forces violently suppressed mass protests against police brutality and bad governance. Last year's #EndSARS rallies began over brutality by the SARS police unit but snowballed into protests over bad governance in the largest mass demonstrations in Nigeria's modern history. IMAGES
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