A Bengal tiger licks a glass enclosure during a presentation of Bengial tiger cubs at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon City, north of Manila, Philippines, 14 July 2016. The Bengal tiger cubs, which were born at the zoo, are two months old and named “Tiger Duterte” and “Tiger Leni”. The Malabon Zoo has one of the largest private collections of exotic and endemic animals in the Philippines. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA)

People watch dragon dance performance in front of a business establishment in celebration of Chinese New Year at Manila's Chinatown district of Binondo, Philippines, Friday, January 31, 2014. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)

Schoolchildren ride on a makeshift raft to attend the opening of classes at a remote Casili Elementary School in Montalban, Rizal northeast of Manila, Philippines June 13, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Impressive images of these alien-like creatures were captured underwater – photographer Cai Songda is a keen diver and did not miss the chance to snap pictures of the unique “aliens”. Here: A Tremoctopus Gracilis in the waters around Anilao, Philippines. (Photo by Cai Songda/Caters News Agency)

A Filipino devotee is carried by police officers outside the Quiapo church after she fainted during the Black Nazarene feast day in Manila, Philippines, January 9, 2020. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)

Vietnam's Pham Hong Anh in action during her single dance final during the Southeast Asian Games' DanceSport competition in Mabalacat, Philippines, December 1, 2019. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Filipino students performs during the parade at the 125th Philippine’s Independence Day at Dubai World Trade Centre on June 10, 2023. (Photo by Leslie Pableo for The National)

A boy evacuates to safer grounds at the onslaught of Typhoon Rammasun (locally known as Glenda) which battered the city Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)