This photo taken on November 28 shows members of the Loikaw Local People’s Defence Force (PDF) preparing to go to the frontline near Loikaw in Myanmar’s eastern Kayah state.//AFP PDFs and allied ethnic minority groups have been battling the Myanmar army for weeks in and around Loikaw, a city nestled in lush hills and home to around 50,000 people in eastern Kayah state. (Photo by AFP) / To go with AFP story Myanmar-conflict-city, FOCUS