Protesters paint Yangon red


Seeing red: A woman riding a rickshaw along a road splattered with red paint by protesters during a demonstration in Yangon. The paint represents blood spilled during protests against the military coup. — AP

Protesters sprayed red paint on roads in Yangon in a reminder to the junta that it had blood on its hands as the crisis created by a military coup in the South-East Asian nation dragged on with no end in sight.

Several groups called for a boycott of next week’s Thingyan Water Festival, which marks the Buddhist new year.

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