Advocates in Burma used blogs to get around the Junta's censorship of news and disseminate information about human rights abuses. Bloggers were able to spread news about two critical events by circulating photos taken with digital and mobile phone cameras: citizen protests against the abrupt end of fuel subsidies, and the resulting increase in military violence against citizens. Burmese images of Buddhist monks and nuns on the streets became very popular online, and helped spread reports about what was happening from Burma to the rest of the world.