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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)