Stories: Philippines Daily Life

Masses of people fill the streets in Manila, Philippines.

A man sells national flags in front of a statue of Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro.

Movies from the US are popular in the Philippines.

A taxi driver sits in his Jeepnee as he waits for riders in Manila, Philippines.

A worker on the docks in the port of Manila.

A worker on the docks in the port of Manila unloads 50KG sacks of rice.

Working in hazy and smokey skies workers look through trash for recyclable materials. Much of the trash is burned in the same areas where people are working putting out toxic smoke.

A boy uses swim goggles to protect his eys from the burning smoke in the air.

Workers climb over mountains of trash as they look for recyclable goods.

Young boys working at the Payatas.

A woman washes her dishes outside her home in Manila, Philippines.

A woman grieves for her husband in her home as life goes on along the main rail line through Manila, Philippines.

A woman shopkeeper tends to her baby as her other children look on in a Abu Sayyaf camp on the muslim island of Mindanao, Philippines.

A young guard of the Abu Sayyaf watches over his mosque on the muslim island of Mindanao, Philippines.

Two young girls run in the rain at a Abu Sayyaf camp on the muslim island of Mindanao, Philippines.

People take part in a Catholic march during Easter week in Manila, Philippines.

A man holds a cross as he goes through the stations of the cross in a church in Manila, Philippines.

A young girl carries a palm with a photo of Jesus as she celebrates Palm Sunday in Manila, Philippines.

Catholic nuns look for shoes in a department store in Manila, Philippines.

People have fun as they dance in a nightclub in Manila, Philippines.

A young boy plays basketball in a park in Manila, Philippines.

Boys play basketball at a playground in Manila, Philippines.