'We want democracy': Thousands protest Myanmar coup for second day

Tens of thousands of people marched for a second day in Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday, and thousands more across the country to protest against the military junta's coup and detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week.

Crowds in Yangon, the commercial capital, carried red balloons, the colour representing Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD), and chanted, "We don't want military dictatorship! We want democracy!"

Myanmar's military seized power in the early hours of Monday, bringing the Southeast Asian nation's troubled democratic transition to a sudden halt and drawing international outrage.

On Saturday, tens of thousands took to