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The Myanmar ‘water brothers’ salvaging shipwrecks on the tide
Earning US$12 to $14 a day, divers tolerate and even embrace the dangers of retrieving wrecked vessels from the bottom of the Yangon River to sell off the scrap
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Myanmar records hottest ever April temperature of 48.2°C
Much of the country is struggling to keep cool amid a heatwave that continues across most of South and Southeast Asia
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With motorbikes banned, Yangon delivery riders struggle in heatwave
For slogging through the energy-sapping heat, an average rider can make between 20,000 and 30,000 Myanmar kyat (US$10-15) per day
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‘Everyone sits out’: Yangon parks offer heatwave relief
A wave of exceptionally hot weather hits Southeast Asia, with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius in central Myanmar
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