Another entry in the not quite award-winning series, Observed the Other Day. Today, a modest timelapse around Yangon, Myanmar, including the iconic Shwedagon Pagoda, only partially obscured by scaffolding.
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The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar is one of the most repressive countries in the world. But lately the military government has been angling for international acceptance.
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