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Photos | A Journey through Yangon, Myanmar

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  • This is an aerial view of Yangon, the commercial and industrial center of Myanmar in Southeast Asia.

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    Yangon is the largest and most densely populated city in Myanmar.

  • Yangon is Myanmar's center for trade, with a very convenient location right on the Yangon River.

  • Smaller boats in Yangon port in the midst of larger ships.

  • Fishing is essential for the local economy as well as a food source for the community. A local fisherman is handling his nets.

  • A fisherman on the Yangon River with his catch in his boat.

  • Local fishermen must compete with commercial fishing boats using purse seines, a large wall of netting released around an entire school of fish.

  • Overfishing is not the only environmental issue being dealt with in Yangon. Pollution is also a serious concern.

  • A man picks ice at the street market in order to keep the shrimp and other seafood fresh. Twenty-two percent of animal protein in the Burmese diet comes from fish.

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Arleen Aguasvivas, Special to CNBC
3:59 PM ET Wed, 14 Feb 2018

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