Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Yangon in Myanmar on Wednesday. Protesters marched carrying signs calling for ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be released from detention, while others feigned car trouble, strategically abandoning their vehicles — and leaving the hoods up — to prevent security forces from easily accessing the demonstrations. Large rallies were also held in the country's second-biggest city, Mandalay, and in the capital Naypyitaw, in defiance of an order banning gatherings of five or more people.