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Images of the Uprising

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August 7, 2013
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|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)|Pro-democracy protesters face off against Burmese Army troops in Rangoon during the 1988 uprising. (Photo courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)||||

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