A boy rides an elephant in Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park after PDFs drove out the military. (Supplied)

The gentle giants in service of the revolution

In the aftermath of the coup, many elephants were abandoned when their civil servant handlers went on strike. But in one of Myanmar's largest national parks, the revolution is also a reunion.

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