Women and children at flood shelters in the Muslim-majority Deep South face particular hardships, no breakfast, missing sanitary supplies, and safety concerns in mixed sleeping areas.

Ten Southeast Asian nations agreed to recognise the right to a clean environment in a landmark declaration. But the document stops short of protecting those who defend it.

For generations, Lahu Christians baptised in the Kok River. This year, the ritual stopped – arsenic contamination linked to Myanmar mines has made the water too dangerous to touch. Now fishing incomes are gone, tourism has collapsed, and water alternatives are dwindling.