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A Filipino member of a monitoring team of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) displays a graft of the rumbling Mayon volcano in Legaspi city, Albay province, Philippines, 18 January 2018. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Agency (PHIVOLCS) maintained the alert level at 3 (critical) on a scale of 5, citing an imminent major volcanic eruption, although it could take days or even weeks to occur. A total of 15,410 people living within a six-kilometer radius of the crater, which has been designated as a danger zone, have been evacuated and housed in temporary shelters, schools and sports centers in the region. The government of the Albay province declared a state of calamity on 16 January. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)
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