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Media fight back

Media fight back

Media workers, press freedom advocates, and progressive groups rally outside the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA), denouncing the anti-terror law's chilling effect on media outfits such as Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly. This photo was taken in 2023 after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered the blocking of 27 websites over unfounded allegations of "promoting terrorism".

Homebound with a catch

Homebound with a catch

A fisherman from Bai, Laguna returns home after hours of casting his nets. The communities in Bai Laguna face mounting concerns over the proposed floating solar farms and infrastructure projects funded by the Asian Development Bank that threaten to disrupt the...

Barbed wire

Barbed wire

Labor rights activists attempt to remove barbed wire barricades blocking workers from staging a protest in Mendiola during International Workers' Day.

Sharedspace

Sharedspace

Two students crossing a pedestrian lane partially blocked by a bus along Taft Avenue in Malate, Manila City. Taft Avenue is a major highway where a number of schools and universities are situated. This photo was taken on May 30, 2024.

Widow

Widow

Gina Serrano, 51, the wife of extrajudicial killing victim Robert Serrano, gazes at her husband's picture inside their small rented room in a Metro Manila community. Her husband, who was working as an ex-officio officer at the barangay, was killed in front of their 9-year-old son on April 4, 2017, by masked men—just days after they discovered he was on the drug watch list. His death occurred at the height of former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war where thousands of suspected drug offenders killed in police operations and vigilante-style executions.

Cars over people

Cars over people

Pedestrians cross a footbridge above the heavy traffic in North Avenue, Quezon City to access the EDSA Bus Carousel or the MRT Line 3 during rush hour. Urban planning caters largely to private vehicles, leading in worsening road congestion and the neglect of pedestrian infrastructures. This photo was taken last June 4, 2024.

Inundated

Inundated

A resident of Barangay Iba O'Este in Calumpit, Bulacan, is seen wading through ankle-deep floodwaters on her way home. Barangay Iba O'Este is one of the areas in Calumpit that frequently experiences prolonged flooding, even after typhoons and high tide events.

Mother and child

Mother and child

Woman and child of the Lao Lhum tribe of Luang Prabang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic. The Lao Lhum indigenous people in Zhang Village practice sustainable farming without the use of chemicals in a protected upland area

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