Yangon

A bus travelling at night through Yangon in Myanmar. Photograph by David Levene.
Travelling on public transport at night through Yangon's downtown area
A man standing in front of a gate with geometric design in Yangon in Myanmar. Photograph by David Levene.
Two men talk through a gate in Yangon
The Balthazar Building in Yangon. Photograph by David Levene.
A girl stands by the window of the famous Balthazar Building, an example of the city's crumbling colonial architecture
The Divisional Court in Yangon. Photograph by David Levene.
Formerly the Accountant-General's Office, the Divisional Court in Pansodan Street is one of the oldest stone structures in Yangon
Authors, poets and cartoonists meet at the Khan tea-house on Merchant Street in Yangon. Photograph by David Levene.
A group of authors, poets and cartoonists meet at the Khan tea-house on Merchant Street for a weekly discussion
The security desk at the Star City residential development on the outskirts of Yangon. Photograph by David Levene.
The security desk at the Star City residential development on the outskirts of Yangon
Yangon Circle Line, also known as the Yangon Circular Railway. Photograph by David Levene.
The Yangon Circle Line, otherwise known as the Yangon Circular Railway, travels around the city, out towards the airport and back to the start in a full loop
Three people sitting in a makeshift office in Yangon. Photograph by David Levene
A lawyer employs a typist to help, on Pansodan Street in Yangon
A downtown jewellery workshop in Yangon. Photograph by David Levene
A downtown jewellery workshop in Yangon
A jewellery merchant at work at dusk in the Indian Quarter of Yangon, Myanmar. Photograph by David Levene
A jewellery merchant at work at dusk in the Indian Quarter of Yangon
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