A Rohingya refugee cooks food in her temporary shelter at Kutupalong makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
(Reuters) - Nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since a surge in violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state began on Aug 25.
The exodus of refugees, sparked by a fierce military response to a series of Rohingya militant attacks, is the most pressing crisis Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has faced since becoming leader last year.
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