Viewfinder: A Market in Manila

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Updated:: Jan 9, 2018
Original:: Nov 30, 2017

A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017. — A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017.
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Protesters clash with riot police as they march in the streets of Manila on the day of President Donald Trump's arrival on November 12th, 2017, in Manila, Philippines.

Protesters clash with riot police as they march in the streets of Manila on the day of President Donald Trump's arrival on November 12th, 2017, in Manila, Philippines.

A street vendor stretches as she waits for customers along a street in Manila on August 23rd, 2017.

A street vendor stretches as she waits for customers along a street in Manila on August 23rd, 2017.

Lava flows from Mount Mayon on January 25th, 2018, as seen from south of Manila, the Philippines. Philippine authorities declared a no-go zone around the volcano after tens of thousands of residents fled to safety.

Lava flows from Mount Mayon on January 25th, 2018, as seen from south of Manila, the Philippines.

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Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on November 27th, 2017.

Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg on November 27th, 2017.

Friends and family carry Yosef Othman's coffin on September 26th, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel, at the funeral for one of three guards killed during an attack at a West Bank settlement.

Funeral-goers carry Yosef Othman's coffin on September 26th, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel. Othman was one of the three Israeli guards killed during an attack at a West Bank settlement.