North Korea and China might have a new contender in the race to be the best at photoshopping official government images.

A photo with a missing umbrella from the Ministry of Information of Myanmar has gone viral on social media.

Something has gone awry in this photo released by the Ministry of Information of Myanmar. Credit:Twitter

The photo showed a mysterious umbrella shadow near a walking minister but there was no umbrella in sight.

A man behind her, presumably her minder, was leaning into her left shoulder, in a pose that would suggest he was holding the invisible parasol.