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Photos show the aftermath of a building collapse in the Philippines

-Rescuers searched the rubble Monday of a nine-story hotel that collapsed while being construction in a northern Philippine city.

 

4 dead, 17 mostly workers still missing, in collapse of unfinished hotel in the Philippines

Rescuers have pulled three people from the rubble of a collapsed nine-story hotel under construction in Angeles City, Philippines.

 

Building under construction in Philippines collapses, leaving 1 dead and 21 trapped

A nine-story building under construction in a city north of the Philippine capital has collapsed, leaving at least one Malaysian tourist dead and 21 workers trapped.

 

Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities tried to arrest a senator

A burst of gunfire rang out in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs.

 

Filipino Catholics express outrage over corruption scandal during massive religious procession

A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics is joining an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in the Philippine capital, with some using the gathering to express outrage over a corruption scandal involving influential legislators.

 

A moment of resilience and love in the aftermath of a flood

When the Philippines flooded, AP photojournalist Aaron Favila was there to capture a moment of resilience and love. Here’s what he said:

 

Striking photos of Typhoon Fung-wong’s impact on the Philippines

NAVOTAS, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after causing floods, landslides and power outages while displacing more than 1.4 million people.

 

One photo that captures tenderness amid chaos in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong hits

Judy Bertuso feeds her husband Apollo in a tent on a basketball court in Quezon City. Apollo, 65, is recovering from a stroke.

 

From beaches to ski slopes, photos show how cameras keep watch all over China

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has blanketed the country with the world’s largest network of surveillance cameras.

 

Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in the Philippines as survivors recall moment when tragedy struck

The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit the central Philippines late Tuesday has risen to 72 with nearly 300 others injured.

 

Photos show the destruction and rescue efforts after an earthquake in the Philippines

BOGO, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers check the rubble for survivors and bring out victims in body bags following a magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of Bogo in Cebu province, Philippines.

 

Rescuers desperately search for survivors of earthquake in the Philippines that killed at least 72

Rescuers are using backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines.

 

Philippine police arrested dozens after a violent clash near presidential palace, in photos

Philippine police arrested dozens accused of hurling fire bombs and blocking roads near the presidential palace during clashes Sunday, while a separate anti-corruption rally stayed peaceful in the capital.

 

Dozens arrested and hurt in clashes with police near Philippine presidential palace

Philippine police have arrested 49 people suspected of attacking officers in violent clashes near the president palace.

 

An AP photographer put on his waders and captured a kiss at a wedding in a flood

AP’s Aaron Favila says the photo works because it is a unique take on the usual flood pictures. It shows resilience, love and joy.

 

Photos show a Filipino couple walking down a flooded aisle on their wedding day

MALOLOS, Philippines (AP) — Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar were determined to walk down the aisle on their wedding day.

 

Photos from Holy Week in the Philippines

KALAYAAN, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the the southern Philippine town of Kalayaan, as Christians across this largely Catholic country commemorate the passion and sufferings of Jesus.

 

US, Japan, Philippines stage navy drills in disputed South China Sea as a Chinese ship keeps watch

The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch from a distance.

 

China’s evolving punk scene draws a new generation of fans

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — Young fans, some sporting spiky mohawks, slam-danced and stage-dived as the music blasted into the night.

 

Defying gravity and other highlights of the Asian Winter Games

HARBIN, China (AP) — Associated Press photographers captured the most exciting moments of the first six days of the Asian Winter Games, including some gravity-defying moves from ice hockey, figure skating and the Alpine skiing events teams.

 

Afghans arrive in the Philippines to complete visa processing for resettlement in US

A group of Afghan nationals have arrived in the Philippines to process special immigrant visas for their resettlement in the United States.

 

Philippine forces retake an island in mock combat as China’s navy watches

Philippine forces have staged drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance.

 

At least 126 dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides in Philippines

The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president says many areas remain isolated.

 

Arrested Philippine televangelist confronted in the Senate by women he’s accused of sexually abusing

Former followers of an arrested Filipino televangelist confronted him in a Senate hearing Wednesday, accusing him of repeatedly abusing them sexually by portraying the assaults as their religious duty to the “appointed son of God.”

 

An AP Photographer picked his own path when trying to make the perfect Mud People Festival photo

Aaron Favila has been working for The Associated Press in the Philippines for 26 years, covering everything from politics to crime to sports to disasters to everyday people.

 

An AP Photographer picked his own path when trying to make the perfect Mud People Festival photo

Aaron Favila has been working for The Associated Press in the Philippines for 26 years, covering everything from politics to crime to sports to disasters to everyday people.

 

Philippine villagers smear mud on their bodies to show devotion to St. John the Baptist

BIBICLAT, Philippines (AP) — It is well before daybreak in Bibiclat, a village in the northern Philippines surrounded by rice fields.

 

Sleepy far-flung towns in the Philippines will host US forces returning to counter China threats

After withdrawing from two huge U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, American forces are returning and building a new presence in nine sites on Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact to counter China’s increasingly assertive actions.

 

US and Philippine forces sink a ship during largescale drills in the disputed South China Sea

U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, have unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing.

 

US and Philippine forces stage combat drills near strategic channel off southern Taiwan

U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills on the Philippines’ northernmost island along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry.

 

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