Any would-be visitor again faces the same ethical dilemma, should he or she be brave enough to go to Myanmar in the middle of a civil war. Over 2.3 million people have been driven from their homes since the 2021 army takeover, which has been met by fierce resistance by an array of militias. In its recently published global index, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) listed Myanmar’s war "the most violent overall" and "the most fragmented."