This photo taken on December 9, 2023 shows members of the Mandalay People’s Defense Forces (MDY-PDF) taking part in exercises at their base camp in the forest near Namhsan Township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State. A squad of Myanmar pro-democracy fighters works quickly to ready drones for an attack on a nearby military base, the latest target in a wave of aerial assaults that has helped turn the war against the junta. (Photo by AFP) / TO GO WITH Myanmar-coup, FOCUS