In this June 8, 2017 photo, Rohaina Salic, second from right, waits to board their vehicle with family and relatives at the provincial government headquarters in Marawi city, southern Philippines. It was during a lull in the fighting that Salic first heard it, the bellow of a distant voice telling civilians trapped in the war-shaken city of Marawi they could finally emerge from their homes. It’s unclear how many people remain trapped in Marawi. Authorities have put the figure this week at anywhere from 100 to 2,000. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Displaced Filipino villagers take shelter at a gymnasium turned into a temporary evacuation center as fighting between Islamist militants and government forces continues in Marawi City, Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, 05 June 2017. According to media reports, at least 174 people have been killed in ongoing clashes between militants linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group and the Philippine Army in the southeastern city of Marawi. The clashes began on 23 May when a military operation failed to capture Isnilon Hapilon, the leader of the extremist group Abu Sayyaf who was being safeguarded by members of the Maute Group, both groups pledged alliance to IS. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law for the island of Mindanao on the same day that the conflict emerged. (Photo by Linus G. Escandor IiEPA)





A cleaner sweeps in front of police standing in formation near the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit off Manila Bay on April 26, 2017. Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to enjoy much-wanted foreign support for his deadly drug war when he hosts Southeast Asian leaders at the Manila summit this week, observers say. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Filipino cook Manny Paroginog arranges hot charcoal under roasting pigs in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Friday December 23, 2016. Roasted pig is popular during Filipino celebrations and traditionally served during a Christmas eve dinner called “Noche Buena” in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP)





An army trooper joins a silent drill exhibition during a parade-in-review for the 120th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Army, at Fort Bonifacio in suburban Taguig city, Philippines, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte threatened on Monday to unleash new attack aircraft and the “full power of the state” against communist rebels if a new round of peace talks fails, and insisted they accept new conditions including a halt to extortion and to territorial claims. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





A sidewalk vendor sells T-shirts with images of President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao city in the southern Philippines December 23, 2016. (Photo by Lean Daval Jr./Reuters)





A view of a busy street in Davao city in southern Philippines December 23, 2016. (Photo by Lean Daval Jr./Reuters)





A traffic enforcer aims a speed limit machine to motorists in downtown district in Davao City in southern Philippines, Philippines December 18, 2013. (Photo by Lean Daval Jr./Reuters)





A watch maker and a supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte works at his sidewalk shop in front of a Duterte election campaign poster in Davao city in southern Philippines, May 10, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Traders throw confetti as they celebrate the end of trading for year 2016 at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines December 29, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Reuters)





A man uses an improvised banca to collect plastic materials in a polluted river in Manila, Philippines December 24, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila, Philippines December 24, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





Vendors display their assorted items for sale at a sidewalk of a bridge where heavy traffic is seen on a busy road, in Metro Manila, Philippines December 23, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





A father carries his son as they receive alms from a motorist plying a road in metro Manila, Philippines December 23, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





A vendor prepares fish to be sold at a local wet market in Navotas fish port, metro Manila, Philippines December 30, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





Firecrackers for sale are pictured in a store during New Year's Eve in Bocaue, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines December 31, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Reuters)





Firecrackers for sale are pictured in a store during New Year's Eve in Bocaue, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines December 31, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Reuters)





A worker arrangers rows of freshly roasted pigs, known locally as “lechon” and famously served as main courses during the New Year revelry, at a store in Manila, Philippines December 31, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Reuters)





A worker roasts rows of freshly slaughtered pigs, known locally as “lechon” and famously served as main courses during the New Year revelry, at a store in Manila, Philippines, December 31, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Reuters)





Fishermen row their boat as they inspect their fishpen during the New Year in Manila, Philippines January 1, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Residents fish at Laguna de Bay during New Year in Manila, Philippines January 1, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Residents fish at Laguna de Bay during New Year in Manila, Philippines January 1, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A mine worker from Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation is pictured at a nickel-ore mine ordered closed by Environment secretary Regina Lopez in Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 7, 2017. Picture taken February 7, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A dog is pictured outside the house of former mine worker Winston Ordonez who committed suicide after he got retrenched from work in the mining town of Sta Cruz, Zambales in northern Philippines February 8, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A retrenched worker of nickel-ore mine Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation ordered closed by Environment secretary Regina Lopez, rides on a tricycle with his children in Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 7, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A view of nickel-ore mine Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation ordered closed by Environment secretary Regina Lopez in Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 7, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Residents dry palay rice grains outside a local government village office in mining town of Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 8, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Commuters ride on trolleys along a railroad track in Manila, Philippines February 21, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Schoolchildren, who walk six kilometers everyday to attend classes, cross a makeshift foot bridge in a village of Tagumpay in Pola, Oriental Mindoro, central Philippines March 1, 2017. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Residents rescued by government soldiers look for their loved ones as the government troops continue to assault the Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines May 31, 2017. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





In this June 8, 2017 photo, Rohaina Salic, left, and her husband sit inside a vehicle after fleeing their homes in Marawi city, southern Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Displaced residents of Marawi city rest on tarpaulin and corrugated boxes at an evacuation center in Saguiaran township, near the besieged city of Marawi, Lanao del Sur province Sunday, May 28, 2017 in southern Philippines. Tens of thousands of residents are now housed in different evacuation centers as Government troops fight to wrest control of the southern city from gunmen linked to the Islamic State group. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





People buy Chinese ham as part of the preparations to welcome the new year, Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Manila, Philippines. Filipinos usually put at least twelve different round fruits that have the circular shape of coin money on their dinning table to symbolize prosperity for the coming New Year. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)