The Guardian
Rebecca RatcliffeSouth-east Asia correspondent
Sun 8 Nov 2020
‘Mother Suu’ remains popular despite coronavirus, conflict in Rakhine state and genocide charges
Voters wearing protective face masks line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Yangon, Myanmar. Photograph: Thein Zaw/AP
Queues of people waited in line, in some cases for hours, to cast their ballots on Sunday in the country’s second general election since the end of full military rule. Most were wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus. The country has confirmed more than 60,000 infections, the majority of which were reported since mid-August.