Myanmar coup

Police gesture toward protesters as security forces crack down on demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon on Sunday. The United Nations says at least 18 protesters were killed Sunday, the deadliest day yet since the military took power earlier this month. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Myanmar vessel UMS Moattama, which was sent to return Myanmar migrants from Malaysia, is seen docked at a jetty outside Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A car carrying the body of protester Mya Thwet Thwet Khine is pictured at the head of a convoy during her funeral service Sunday in Naypyitaw. She was the first confirmed fatality in the ongoing protests against the military coup. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Police charge forward to disperse protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday. Security forces ratcheted up their pressure against anti-coup protesters, using water cannons, tear gas, slingshots and rubber bullets. AP hide caption

Protesters shout slogans and hold banners in front of the U.N. headquarters on Tuesday in Yangon, Myanmar, calling for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Hkun Lat/Getty Images hide caption

Protesters hold placards and shout slogans on Saturday in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar declared martial law in parts of the country, including its two largest cities, as protests continued to draw people to the streets after the military staged a coup. Hkun Lat/Getty Images hide caption

Police arrest a protester during a demonstration against the military coup in Mawlamyine, in Myanmar's Mon State, on Friday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Rohingya refugees walk at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Feb. 2. Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh are condemning the military coup in their homeland and saying it makes them more fearful to return. A brutal counterinsurgency operation by Myanmar's military in 2017 drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to neighboring Bangladesh. Shafiqur Rahman/AP hide caption

Protesters hold images of de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday in Yangon, Myanmar. As fallout from the Feb. 1 military coup continues, U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to sanction the leaders who directed it. Hkun Lat/Getty Images hide caption

Protests continued on Monday in cities across Myanmar, including this one in Yangon, as people took to the streets to demand the release of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and return to democratic rule following a military coup. Stringer/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption

Thousands of people rallied against the military takeover in Yangon, Myanmar's most populous city, on Sunday. They demanded the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose elected government was toppled by the army that also imposed an Internet blackout. AP hide caption

Vehicles make their way on a road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Feb. 1. AP hide caption

Khing Hnin Wai's video of herself dancing while seemingly unaware of Myanmar's military coup unfolding in the background has gone viral since Monday. Khing Hnin Wai/Screenshot by NPR hide caption