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CLEARING OPS. Government troops can be seen at a distance roving around the once busy street of Amai Pakpak Avenue in Marawi City on Day 22 of the fighting in Marawi, June 13, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

CLEARING OPS

Government troops can be seen at a distance roving around the once busy street of Amai Pakpak Avenue in Marawi City on Day 22 of the fighting in Marawi, June 13, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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LOOKING UP. Evacuees from Marawi City who are taking shelter at the Saguiaran Municipal Hall in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur look up in the sky as fighter jets of the government fly around to launch aerial strikes against local terrorists groups in Marawi City on Monday, June 12, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

LOOKING UP

Evacuees from Marawi City who are taking shelter at the Saguiaran Municipal Hall in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur look up in the sky as fighter jets of the government fly around to launch aerial strikes against local terrorists groups in Marawi City on Monday, June 12, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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TEARY INDEPENDENCE DAY Lanao del Sur Provincial Vice Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. is in tears after he addressed provincial government employees and evacuees during the flag-raising ceremony held at the grounds of the provincial capitol in Marawi City on Monday, June 12. The ceremony turned to be an emotional commemoration of the Philippine Independence Day. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

TEARY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Lanao del Sur Provincial Vice Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. is in tears after he addressed provincial government employees and evacuees during the flag-raising ceremony held at the grounds of the provincial capitol in Marawi City on Monday, June 12. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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FAKE INDEPENDENCE. Members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Mindanao Region hold placards criticizing US interventionism in the Philippines that prevent the country from attaining "true independence." The rally, held at the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue in Davao City, coincided with the 119th anniversary of Philippine Independence Day. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

FAKE INDEPENDENCE

Members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Mindanao Region hold placards criticizing US interventionism in the Philippines that prevent the country from attaining "true independence." (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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FUNERAL VISIT. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorezana visit the wake of Private First Class Freddie Delos Santos and Corporal Casidy Uday in a funeral parlor along Panacan, Davao City on Monday, June 12. The two soldiers died in a firefight with New People's Army guerrillas in Sitio Bajada, Paradise Embac Village, Paquibato District in Davao City on Sunday, June 11. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

FUNERAL VISIT

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorezana visit the wake of Private First Class Freddie Delos Santos and Corporal Casidy Uday in a funeral parlor along Panacan, Davao City on Monday, June 12. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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