08/02/2021 - Teachers led the crowd of protesters in Shwedaung Township, Bago Region and have entered a general strike since February 3rd. 

Young people choose humour to put words on their hopelessness of another coup in the country.

The Education Workers of Shwedaung township led the protest holding Burmese flags.

The cortege is led by teachers holding the green and yellow flag of the Education Workers.

Nurses from a public hospital in Shwedaung township took part in the march and also entered a general strike.

Teachers took part together in the crowd of protesters in Shwedaung Township and have entered a general strike.

A protester holds a banner with the message in Burmese: "Oppose those who have weapons but no brains "

Teachers make the three-finger salute, a sign of resistance widely used by anti-military protesters in Thailand and Myanmar, and wear the red ribbon, which has gained the same meaning in the last days in the country.

Shwedaung Township, Bago Region.

08/02/2021 - Police are guarding the streets of Pyay, Bago Region in the Irrawaddy Plain, where a cortege of nurses, teachers, workers, students took the streets since the coup d'Etat.

As the protest cortege enters the town of Pyay, two boys bang on a pot to show support, as a traditional way to chase evil, currently embodied by the army general Min Aung Hlaing who seized absolute power a week ago.

Protesters face the police in Pyay, where no violence was recorded. In the capital Nay Pyi Taw, two people have been shot and are critically injured.

Protesters held cardboards with the message in Burmese: "Let the dictatorship fall" and a message in English making fun of short sized army general Min Aung Hlaing.

Ranger police stand nearby a protest march in Pyay.

Every evening at 8 PM, people brave the curfew which has been announced in some cities to stand on their doorsteps and balconies to bang loudly on pots and pans as a symbolic way to chase the army general who seized power in the country a week ago.

09/02/2021 - The next morning, protesters met again in Pyay. The sign reads: "People's Soldier / People's Police / Protect the people"

The Civilian Fire Reserve Brigade of Pyay joined the protest.

Nurses stand on the pavement showing the three-finger salute in support of the protest march in Pyay.

A man gives a speech as part of the strike organised by the students' union. 

Young guards protect the students against potential police violence. In the middle of a picture, a man holds a bowl bottom up, a strike symbol in Myanmar, meaning that it won't be reversed and the strike called off until requests are received.

The Hluttaw region representative for Pyay adresses the protest crowd.

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