Myanmar
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Myanmar healthcare facilities overwhelmed, WHO says, and scale of earthquake deaths and injuries ‘not fully understood’ – as it happened
World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsAF…
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‘I stopped counting after three’: the ‘girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war
The country’s drawn out conflict has seen children recruited as soldiers on all sides. At the age of 18, Anina…
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Myanmar earthquake: woman trapped for days pulled alive from the rubble
Brief moment of relief as rescue workers carry a woman from the rubble of a hotel in Mandalay after a five-hou…
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Myanmar earthquake: What we know so far
Rescuers pull a woman from the rubble three days after the quake, raising hopes of more survivors. Here’s what…
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‘Wherever I looked I saw collapsed buildings’: Myanmar quake rescuers and medics struggle with size of task
After two days there are still not enough teams to find bodies or sufficient equipment to sift through the deb…
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‘I must have hope’: the families waiting for news of loved ones after Bangkok tower collapse
Rescue workers in Thai capital are frantically searching for 78 missing amid rubble as their loved ones watch …
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Myanmar earthquake: level of devastation ‘hasn’t been seen in over a century in Asia’, says Red Cross – as it happened
At least 1,700 people killed as Red Cross officials warn Myanmar faces humanitarian crisis; death toll in Bang…
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Volunteer rescuers race to find survivors two days after Myanmar earthquake
Red Cross says devastation is of a level not seen in Asia for over a century as more than 1,700 people killedR…
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Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake
Woman pulled to safety after 30 hours trapped in building a rare glimmer of hope in midst of devastation• ‘No …
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‘No one came’: Myanmar volunteers dig with bare hands to save earthquake victims
The military junta is calling for foreign aid but agencies and rescuers must navigate crumbling roads, an over…
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Rescue operations underway in Thailand and Myanmar after earthquake – video
Rescue teams in Thailand and Myanmar continue a desperate search for survivors after a 7.7 magnitude earthquak…
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Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 1,644 amid race to find survivors – as it happened
Myanmar’s military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how re…
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Myanmar earthquake: death toll passes 1,600 as search for survivors continues
Aid agencies warn of ‘extremely difficult’ response amid Myanmar’s continuing civil war with true scale of dis…
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‘A hospital collapsed right in front of me’: Myanmar reels after earthquake
People in Mandalay fear further deadly tremors amid widespread poverty and aid cuts after four years of civil …
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The Guardian view on Myanmar’s earthquake: aid must reach beyond the junta
International donors will need to work with the country’s fragmented local administrations as well as its mili…