Few vehicles drive along Pyay Road, a main avenue that's usually busy with vehicular traffic, on Tuesday, Feb. 1 in Yangon, Myanmar. Opponents of military rule in Myanmar on Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the army's seizure of power with a nationwide strike to show their strength and solidarity. AP hide caption
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, commander in chief of Myanmar's armed forces and head of Myanmar's coup regime, attends the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security in Moscow in June. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Members of the Burmese-American community hold a demonstration outside the Office of the Consulate General of Myanmar in Los Angeles in April. Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
Myanmar poet Khet Thi died in police custody early last month. Authorities "said he died because of heart disease," his widow Chaw Su says. "But they just beat his head in." File photo hide caption
Protesters, wearing red makeup to simulate tears of blood, making the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Hlaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday in a photo taken from a screenshot from AFPTV video. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters block a major road during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on Feb. 17. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters take cover behind makeshift barricades during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Thaketa township on Friday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, stand near makeshift barricades during demonstrations against the country's military coup. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Security forces stand guard on a road as people are arrested, next to dismantled barricades that were set up by protesters demonstrating against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters in Yangon run from police Sunday after they fire tear gas during a demonstration against the military coup. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators take shelter and block the road during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar on Wednesday. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
An undated photo of Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw. The Myanmar military detained Zaw and a handful of other journalists Saturday while covering pro-democracy protests. He and five other journalists could face up to three years in prison. Uncredited/AP hide caption
Anti-junta protesters run from teargas fired by police during a demonstration in Yangon on Monday. At least 18 people were killed over the weekend as Myanmar police reportedly used live ammunition against protesters. Aung Kyaw Htet/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett hide caption
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