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Protesters' sandals are scattered on the ground as Myanmar soldiers look on after firing automatic weapons into a crowd in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators as tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters braved a crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint by the ruling military junta.

I'm amazed at how often I see images of shoes left behind in our picture feeds, when people encounter situations that are so stressful and often violent that they run out of their shoes in the panic.

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