The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers ...

The authorities said that thousands of buildings had been damaged, including about 150 mosques and pagodas.

Myanmar is trying to come to terms with the scale of the disaster after an earthquake damaged not only large parts of the country, but also destroyed historic sites, delivering a blow to its spiritual ...

The earthquake has killed more than 1,700 people in Myanmar and Thailand while leaving at least 2,300 injured - the death toll is expected to rise further as rescuers continue to search the rubble ...

Much of the population of Myanmar and Thailand live in high-rise apartments, making the devastating 7.7-magnitude rumble even more deadly as clips emerge of apartment blocks being torn to the ground ...

Going to a pagoda would be like getting in touch with a god or the divine as much as experiencing Myanmar's sense of community. The Grandeur of Shwedagon PagodaYangon's most iconic landmark is ...

Yangon is the cultural and economic center of the country, with the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most important Buddhist site in Myanmar. Bagan is the most iconic destination, with over 2,000 temples and ...

Myanmar is trying to come to terms with the scale of the disaster after the earthquake has damaged not only large parts of the country, but also destroyed historic sites, delivering a blow to its ...

The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to ...