Water Festival Marks Start Of New Year In Myanmar

YANGON, MYANMAR - APRIL 16: Burmese clowns armed with water guns stand at the entrance to an amusement park on the fourth day of the Burmese new year water festival called Thingyan in Yangon, Myanmar April 16, 2014. Water-throwing is the distinguishing feature of this important festival during the first four days. Thingyan is similar to other new year festivities seen in Southeast Asian countries such as Laos, Cambodia and Songkran in Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)