Along the Ann–Padan Road, war leaves its mark

For more than a year, the Arakan Army (AA) has seized large swathes of territory in western Myanmar along the Bay of Bengal and has been pushing into Magway Region in central Myanmar.

Embedded with a local resistance group allied with the AA, Myanmar Now journalist Nyi Htway travelled to the mountainous areas linking Rakhine State and central Myanmar where fighting is still raging today. For 10 days, he documented how the war has devastated this crucial path.