YANGON, July 19, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Honor guards take part in a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Myanmar held a state ceremony Tuesday to mark the country's 69th Martyrs' Day, commemorating fallen national heroes including General Aung San and eight others who sacrificed their lives in 1947 for regaining the country's independence from the British colonialist a year later. (Xinhua/U Aung)