YANGON: Myanmar marked its normally boisterous new year water festival with silence and boycotts on Wednesday, as fighting between the military and opponents of the coup the former staged last year raged across the country.

The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021, sparking huge protests and a bloody crackdown.

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