Barbed wire barricades surround Yangon City Hall. A series of attacks across the north of Myanmar have resulted in rising casualties and heightened military tensions. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

Roadblocks surround the Myanmar Defense Service Academy, the nation’s premier military academy in Pyin Oo Lwin. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

Defensive structures like bamboo fencing line the expressway from Yangon to Pyin Oo Lwin. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

A portable generator sits in front of a home in Pyin Oo Lwin as the power supply has been unstable due to the conflict. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

Workers at a local chicken farm dig a rudimentary bomb shelter. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

The view from a road through northern Myanmar overlooks mountains in the distance where clashes are intensifying. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

Old colonial-style houses stand next to newly built apartment buildings near Yangon City Hall. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

People exercise in Maha Bandula Park in the heart of downtown Yangon, where city hall and the Sule Pagoda can be seen in the distance. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

Rows of fences seal off Yangon City Hall amid tightened security caused by the conflict. Photo: Wang Xiaomang

In 2016, young people dance at a night market in Naypyidaw, the current administrative capital of Myanmar. It is 400 kilometers (248.5 miles) from Yangon. Photo: Wang Xiaomang