Viewfinder: Taking a Dip in the Philippines

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Apr 17, 2017

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Residents go for an Easter Sunday swim in the waters of Manila on April 16th, 2017. (Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

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The body of an alleged drug dealer is seen inside a Jeepney after a large-scale anti-drug raid by the police at a slum community in Manila, the Philippines, on July 20th, 2017.

The body of an alleged drug dealer is seen inside a Jeepney after a large-scale anti-drug raid by the police at a slum community in Manila, the Philippines, on July 20th, 2017.

A government soldier watches as journalists tour the ruins of what was the main battle area in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on October 25th, 2017, days after the military declared the fighting against IS-inspired Muslim militants over.

A government soldier watches as journalists tour the ruins of what was the main battle area in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on October 25th, 2017.

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