More than 500 people have been killed in Burma during protests against the February 1 military coup that toppled Burma’s democratically elected civilian government.

At least 141 people were killed over the weekend alone, when soldiers opened fire on civilians demonstrating against military rule in dozens of cities and towns across the country. Children were among the dead, including a 5-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, according to Amnesty International.

Burmese troops also fired on a funeral service for a 20-year-old student protester.

“We wake up to more bad news every morning, more deaths,” says Aron Aung, a Burmese student studying at the New York Institute of Technology, who also describes how women are helping lead the resistance.

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