Myanmar's displaced pray and teach under deadly skies

Children praying in a temporary church at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Demoso township in Myanmar's Kayah state. Thousands of young people fled from Myanmar's cities to Kayah's rugged hills and jungle as the military launched a crackdown on pro-democracy protests following its 2021 coup, with many volunteering for military training at hidden camps run by "People's Defence Force" groups where inhabitants pray, teach and eat under threat from air strikes from the ruling junta in the Christian-majority state. - AFP

DEMOSO, Myanmar (AFP): A woman rings a bell outside a makeshift church of wood and tarpaulin, calling the faithful to worship and a respite from war in eastern Myanmar's Kayah state.

Thousands of young people fled from Myanmar's cities to Kayah's rugged hills and jungle as the army launched a crackdown on pro-democracy protests following its 2021 coup.