YANGON, Myanmar -- Stepping up their challenge to the military government, Buddhist monks staged a second straight day of protests Wednesday, briefly occupying a landmark pagoda in Myanmar's ...

"Shwedagon Pagoda, the treasured pagoda in Myanmar, was seriously damaged. #Shwedagon #EarthquakeinMyanmar," reads a Thai-language Facebook post circulating in Thailand on March 28, 2025.

Satellite images show the destruction in Myanmar after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the country killing more than 1,600 ... The Ma Shi Kha Na pagoda in Sagaing, Myanmar before the earthquake.

Here's a pagoda, there's a pagoda. In Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, there are no walls or arrows telling you which way to go, but plenty of Buddhas, with serious to smiling visages, to keep ...

When a massive earthquake hit Myanmar last month, centuries of sacred history tumbled down -- towering Buddha idols, sky-scraping stupas and the pure-white pagoda where 83-year-old Khin Sein has ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. ... Built between the 9 th and 13 th century, the Pagoda is a community hub in Myanmar, says Aung-Thwin. ...

Annabel Venning’s family lived in Myanmar for many years before it was ruled by a repressive military ... snaps off as onlookers scream and weep at the demise of this thousand-year-old pagoda.

The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to ...