Viewfinder: Mount Mayon Erupts in the Philippines

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Jan 26, 2018

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. Philippine authorities declared a no-go zone around the volcano after tens of thousands of residents fled to safety.
(Photo: Ted Aljibe /AFP/Getty Images)

Viewfinder is Pacific Standard's daily photo feature, showcasing one image from the news.

A resident secures the roof of his house to a tree in preparation for Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Candon City, Ilocos Sur province, north of Manila, on September 13th, 2018. The super typhoon, a Category 4 storm, roared toward the Philippines on September 13th, packing fierce winds and heavy rains that are expected to strike the disaster-prone nation during the weekend before moving on to China.

A resident secures the roof of his house to a tree in preparation for Super Typhoon Mangkhut.

A plume of volcanic smoke rises over the area of Leilani Estates on May 6th, 2018, on Hawaii's Big Island.

A plume of volcanic smoke rises over the area of Leilani Estates on May 6th, 2018, on Hawaii's Big Island.

Residents flock to a local polling precinct to cast their votes on February 6th, 2019, in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, southern Philippines. Nearly three million Filipinos in the region of Mindanao are voting in a referendum that could pave the way for lasting peace in the country's Muslim-majority southern region and place them under a substantially more autonomous regional government. Based on reports, the vote could provide a political solution to decades of fighting between Islamist separatists and the Philippine army, which has left at least 120,000 people dead over years of violence.

Residents flock to a local polling precinct to cast their votes on February 6th, 2019, in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, southern Philippines.

A transport vessel is berthed to load waste materials at the port in Subic Bay, north of Manila, Philippines, on May 30th, 2019. Over 60 containers of waste were loaded onto a ship at Subic Bay on Thursday after Canada's government said it will take back trash that was illegally dumped in the Philippines between 2013 and 2014. According to reports, Canada agreed to cover the full costs of repatriation as relations between both countries have been strained. The government of the Philippines said the shipments of waste caused port congestion and have been a hazard to public health, and President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to go to war if Canada does not remove the trash.

A transport vessel is berthed to load waste materials at the port in Subic Bay, north of Manila, Philippines, on May 30th, 2019.

Relatives of earthquake victims burn offerings at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county during the 10-year anniversary on May 11th, 2018, in the Sichuan province of China. Beichuan county was relocated a decade after it was destroyed by the 2008 earthquake in which more than 15,000 people died.

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People walk through a flooded shopping mall in the Heng Fa Chuen district during Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong, China, on September 16th, 2018.

People walk through a flooded shopping mall in the Heng Fa Chuen district during Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong, China, on September 16th, 2018.