Myanmar begins 1st census taking in 30 years

YANGON, Myanmar - A census taker (R) asks questions to a resident in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 30, 2014. Myanmar began taking its first national census in 31 years that day, with 100,000 census takers fanning out across the country to canvass for individual household information.

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