Preparing for the Lunar New Year across Asia
The Lunar New Year, known locally as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this year and marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Eurasia, World China, Lunar New Year, Myanmar, Spring Festival, Thailand, Vietnam, Year of the Rooster
The Lunar New Year, known locally as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this year and marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun boats, fishing, Myanmar
Rohingya fishermen sell fish caught from makeshift rafts made from recycled plastic containers in Maungdaw, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. Their usual, sturdy fishing boats were outlawed three months ago when Myanmar authorities launched a sweeping and violent counter-insurgency campaign in Rakhine state, home to the long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority. The ban on fishing boats — meant to prevent insurgents from entering or leaving the country by sea — is just one small provision in the wider crackdown, in which authorities have been accused of widespread abuses.
Steve Earley 0 Comment Eurasia, World balloons, festival, Fireworks, hot air balloons, light festival, lights, Myanmar
Day and night for a week in northeastern Myanmar, homemade fireworks woven into hot air balloons’ bamboo frames are released over adoring crowds, showering them in sparks. The Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival is regarded as one of the most beautiful and dangerous celebrations in Asia.
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Michael Phelps was back in the pool Monday at the Phillips 66 National Championships after securing three victories through Sunday; David Conley, who authorities say fatally shot a woman he’d previously dated, her husband and six children – including a boy believed to be his own son – made his first court appearance; flooding in Myanmar spreads to affect more than a million people; and more, in the day in photos from around the world.
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Patrick Maynard 0 Comment Daily Brief boxing, building climbers, heroin, Manila, militarized police, Myanmar, Pope Francis I
Militarized police abroad crack down on real and imagined dissidents alike, a boxer in Europe feels left out, a leader is remembered in Myanmar and more in today’s daily brief.
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