Myanmar Enters Fourth Year of Post-Coup Crisis

Members of the Myanmar's military security force patrol a street during a "silent strike" to protest and to mark the third anniversary of the military coup in Yangon, Feb. 1, 2024. FILE - A protester holds onto the shirt of a fallen demonstrator during a crackdown by security forces on anti-coup protests in Hlaing Tharyar township in Yangon, Myanmar. People cross an almost empty street during a "silent strike" to protest and mark the third anniversary of the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 1, 2024.

Soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of Myanmar's largest city Thursday, three years after a coup ended a short-lived experiment with democracy and as the embattled junta faces growing challenges to its rule.