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A man plays with a toy gun outside the wake of alleged drug pushers on Christmas eve in Mandaluyong City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 December 2016. Filipino presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella on 27 December 2016, while speaking on the administration's accomplishment over the first six months of its crackdown on drug dealers and cartels, said that President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-crime campaign had resulted in the surrender of more than 900,000 drug addicts and the confiscation of billions of worth of illicit drugs. Abella added that the government had come to regard drugs not only as a national security but also a 'public health issue' which resulted in the building of rehabilitation facilities all over the country. President Duterte launched a nationwide campaign against illegal drugs that has so far reportedly led to the deaths of more than 5,900 people, allegedly killed in police raids and at the hands of vigilante groups since the campaign started on 30 June 2016. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA)
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