MAUNGDAW, Myanmar -- There was plenty of evidence of chaos and destruction on a recent visit to the village of Pan Taw Pyin in Maungdaw district, in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State. Heaps of smashed wood and ash lay scattered all around. Little more than the remains of the foundations of houses suggested that people used to live here. Police armed with rifles stood guard.
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Myanmar police officers walk near the border with Bangladesh in the town of Taungpyoletwea. The short bridge behind them separates the two countries. (Photo by Hiroshi Kotani)
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