Children, considered as the most vulnerable, experience uneasiness and distress inside the evacuation centers. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com photo)
A Japanese Coast Guard ship is joining the newly-commissioned BRP Davao del Sur as it is about to dock at the Sasa Port in Davao City on Thursday, June 1. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)
Ground forces involved in the continuing military offensives against the ISIS-linked Maute group and Abu Sayyaf in Marawi are also in danger of being hit by the so-called "friendly" fire or airstrikes. On Wednesday, 11 soldiers were killed while 10 others were wounded when a bomb dropped from an air force plane landed into their position. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com photo)
President Rodrigo Duterte walks by members of the Philippine Navy during their 119th anniversary celebration held at the Sasa Wharf in Davao City on Wednesday, May 31. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Businessman Joaquin Rodriguez greets National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultants Wilma Tiamzon during his visit to the venue of the fifth round of the peace talks between the government and the NDFP at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands on Tuesday morning, May 30. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)