Student volunteers ride on their makeshift trolley which serves as a mobile library for children, in Tagkawayan, Quezon Province, Philippines, February 15, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





People wearing face masks as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ride a frisbee during the reopening of an amusement park in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 24, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





Customers eat without the usual plastic barriers on tables as the government places the capital on the lowest rung of a five-step pandemic alert system on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Manila, Philippines. Traffic jams and outdoor crowds were back in the Philippine capital and 38 other cities and provinces Tuesday after officials allowed businesses and public transport, including shopping malls, movie houses and restaurants, to operate at full capacity as COVID-19 cases continued to drop with more vaccinations, officials said. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Soldiers stand beside some of the 45 pieces of firearms seized by army troops from Muslim insurgents aligned with the Islamic State group in Marawi City, southern Philippines on Thursday March 3, 2022. Philippine troops killed at least seven Muslim insurgents aligned with the Islamic State group in a recent offensive in the south and recovered 45 heavy firearms and several bombs and land mines which were to be used for future attacks, military officials said Thursday. (Photo by Froilan Gallardo/AP Photo)





Catholic faithfuls pray inside a chapel on the observance of Ash Wednesday at a church ground in Manila on March 2, 2022. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





Nora Buenviaje displays a dress made of used sacks of rice and plastic bags, at her shop in Cainta, Rizal Province, Philippines, March 3, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





A Filipino woman activist is blocked by police while marching during a protest on International Women's Day, in Manila, Philippines, March 8, 2022. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Women activists hold a makeshift prison cell with colleagues wearing masks depicting President Rodrigo Duterte (L) and Bongbong Marcos (R), son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and currently presidential aspirant for the May 9 elections, during a march to Malacanang Palace to celebrate International Women's Day in Manila on March 8, 2022. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





Greenpeace members hold signs during a protest outside the Department of Energy in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines 11 March 2022. The protesters criticized government plans to explore nuclear power as an energy resource, following an Executive Order signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in February that will look into a possible nuclear energy program for the country. The protest coincides with the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami that triggered the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011. (Photo by Rolex dela Peña/EPA/EFE)





A dancer entertains the crowd beside Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, second from right, as she starts her re-election campaign in Quezon City, Philippines on Friday, March 25, 2022. Candidates for thousands of provincial, town and congressional posts started campaigning across the Philippines Friday under tight police watch due to a history of violent rivalries and to enforce a lingering pandemic ban on handshakes, hugging and tightly packed crowds that are a hallmark of often circus-like campaigns. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Philippine Vice President and opposition presidential candidate Leni Robredo (C) speaks to supporters during a campaign rally ahead of the May presidential election, in the town of Palo, Leyte province on March 29, 2022. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





U.S. Marines take their positions during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder”, on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. U.S. and Filipino marines sprang from amphibious vehicles and transport helicopters to defend an island from potential aggressors during a military exercise and show of American firepower staged on Thursday in the northern Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Senator and boxing icon Manny Pacquiao takes part in a motorcade as he campaigns for the presidency on April 09, 2022 in Manila, Philippines. Pacquiao is trailing well behind in the latest opinion polls against frontrunner Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, but has refused calls to back out from the presidential race amid alleged unity talks among candidates in a bid to stop another Marcos presidency. The former boxer who has won world titles in a record eight weight classes has made fighting corruption a centerpiece of his campaign, vowing to jail corrupt politicians and to strengthen efforts to recover the billions of dollars missing since the fall of the Marcos dictatorship. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Residents and a motorist wade through a flooded street after heavy rains brought about by Tropical storm Agaton in Abuyog town, Leyte province, southern Philippines on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Bobbie Alota/AFP Photo)





This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, shows a landslide area at Baybay City, Leyte province, central Philippines Monday, April 11, 2022. Heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression killed at least several people in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides, officials said Monday. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard via AP Photo)





This undated handout photograph received from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on April 11, 2022 shows coast guard and police personnel evacuating a resident from a flooded area in Abuyog town, Leyte province, southern Philippines, following heavy rains brought about by Tropical storm Agaton. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)/AFP Photo)





This handout photo taken on April 12, 2022 and received from the Philippine Coast Guard shows coast guard personnel evacuating local residents from their flooded homes on a makeshift raft in the town of Panitan, Capiz province as heavy rains brought on by Tropical Storm Megi inundated the area. (Photo by Handout/Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)/AFP Photo)





Filipinos go for a swim and frolic in the polluted waters of Manila Bay on Maundy Thursday in Noveleta, Cavite province, Philippines, 14 April 2022. Filipinos take the time for vacation during the Lenten season as COVID-19 travel restrictions continue to be lifted nationwide. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





Filipino Catholics from a parish youth council perform in the “Senakulo”, a depiction of events in the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ in observance of Good Friday of Lent at a residential village in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 15 April 2022. Filipino Catholics join other faithful around the world in observing Holy Week in the Lent season which runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. (Photo by Rolex Dela Pena/EPA/EFE)





Animal rights activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in dinosaur costumes hold placards urging people to go vegan, ahead of Earth Day celebration, in Manila, Philippines, April 21, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)