Photo Of The Week

Photo of the week Burma’s State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi signs a guestbook at Panglong Monument after attending the 70th anniversary...

Thousands of people attended the funeral for U Ko Ni, the National League for Democracy legal advisor, on Monday at Yayway Cemetery in Rangoon. A lone gunman shot and killed...

Preparation for the Lunar New Year is seen in Rangoon’s China Town on January 25. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this...

Crowds of commuters are seen near downtown Rangoon's Sule Pagoda on the evening of Jan.16, during the launch of the city's new public transit system, the Yangon Bus Service. Travelers...

People celebrate Burma’s 69th Independence Day on Jan. 4 in Rangoon by racing up greased poles, alongside other competitions and traditional games. (Photo: Pyay Kyaw / The Irrawaddy)

Burma's State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reviews a guard of honor before their meeting at the state guest house in Tokyo,...

Mourners pray as a woman holds up a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej while his body is being moved from the Bangkok hospital where he died to the Grand...

Kachin demonstrators in state capital Myitkyina call on the Burma Army to end military offensives on Monday. (Photo: Nang Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy)

Workers from the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) dig up a stretch of Sule Pagoda Road previously occupied by the Sule Shangri-La hotel’s private car park and signage,to construct a...

A Burma Army soldier stands guard on Karen State's Mae Tha Waw Road where fighting between a Democratic Karen Benevolent Army splinter group and the Burma Army and allied Border...