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A homeless teenage couple carry their months-old infant as they queue to receive free meals from volunteers on August 7, 2020 in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Philippine economy suffered its worst slump on record in the second quarter, falling into recession for the first time in 29 years as economic activity reels from months of strict coronavirus restrictions which has left millions of Filipinos jobless and hungry. Analysts expect the economic hit to worsen with President Rodrigo Duterte reimposing a strict lockdown in capital Manila and surrounding provinces amid resurging coronavirus infections which has breached 100,000 cases. Duterte's move came after nearly 100 medical organizations representing 80,000 doctors and a million nurses called for tighter controls and warned that the country's health systems are being overwhelmed by the surge of cases and are close to collapsing as health workers fall ill or resign out of fear and exhaustion. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
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