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Filipino school children walk at the foot of rumbling Mayon Volcano in the town of Camalig, Albay province, Philippines, 19 January 2018. According to media reports, more than 34,000 people including 8,530 families have been evacuated to 32 evacuation centers. A three-kilometer lava flow from Mayon was recorded on January 18, while 48 rockfall events, two pyroclastic density currents and one volcanic earthquake were noted, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The Alert for Mayon remains at Level 3, and ash clouds continued to form from the volcano, which also was emitting Sulphur dioxide gas at a rate of 1,159 tons per day. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)
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