[1]Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and senior military officials photographed during the official power transition ceremony on March 30 in which Myanmar’s outgoing President U Thein Sein handed over the presidential insignia to new President U Htin Kyaw at the presidential residence in Naypyidaw. (Photo: Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
This text [1] is from The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar, and is republished by Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement.
As 2016 comes to an end, The Irrawaddy showcases the best work from our photographers this year, capturing Myanmar’s most iconic moments.
[1]The previous government demolished squatter communities on farmlands in Dagon and Seikkan townships in the capital Yangon in February. (Photo: Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
[1]Local farmers protested the reopening of copper mines in Sagaing Division’s Salingyi Township on May 5 and demanded compensation from the Chinese company Wanbao Co. (Photo: Myo Min Soe / The Irrawaddy)
[1]Children play at a camp for internally displaced persons in Kachin State’s Mai Ja Yang on July 16. (Photo: Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
[1]Floodwater submerged the central market of Kangyidaunt Township, Irrawaddy Division on Aug. 12. (Photo: Pyay Kyaw / The Irrawaddy)
[1]A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Aug. 24 and damaged 396 pagodas and temples in the famous ancient capital of Bagan. (Photo: Zaw Zaw / The Irrawaddy)
[1]Myanmar’s President U Htin Kyaw talks to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi after the 21st Century Panglong peace conference on Sept. 3 in Naypyidaw. (Photo: Pyay Kyaw / The Irrawaddy)
[1]A government-aligned Border Guard Force (BGF) soldier stands guard on Karen State’s Methawaw Road amid clashes between the Democratic Karen Benevolence Army (DKBA) and a joint force of BGF and Burma Army on Sept. 22. (Photo: Myo Min Soe / The Irrawaddy)
[1]A Burmese policeman on patrol at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border fence after militants attacked border police headquarters and checkpoints in northern Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township on Oct. 9. (Photo: Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)