Smoke rises from Mount Apo as seen from the town of Digos, Davao del sur province, Philippines, 28 March 2016. According to a Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) offical, an estimate 200 hectares of forest have been damaged by the fire at Mount Apo. Some thousand tourist hikers were evacuated from the mountain, local reports said. The fire was fanned by the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon. (Photo by EPA/Stringer)
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