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A 45-year-old fruit vendor, ?Alan Coquilla, ?tends to his durian display at the ?Bangkerohan public market in Davao City. He has been selling fruits for 13 years where he gets the income to send his five children to school. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Protesting farmers temporarily stay at the gymnasium in Barangay 5-A Bankerohan, Davao City as they held dialogues and rallies in various government agencies to demand for assistance to aid them in recovering from the effects of dry spell. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Thousands of ?farmers, mostly indigenous peoples, in Southern Mindanao march ?to the Department of Social Work and Development Office (DSWD) in Davao City on Wednesday morning, Oct. 26 to demand the release of their calamity fund in the aftermath of the long dry spell in 2015 toward summer of this year. They march back to their temporary shelter in barangay Barangay 5-A Bankerohan Gym, Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Red Batario of the International National Safety Institute discusses the role of journalists during disasters in a two-day seminar titled "Covering Disasters and Emergencies" organized by the the Peace and Conflict Journalism Network Philippines, Inc.- Oxford Community for Famine Relief (PECOJON-OXFAM) held on Oct. 26 in Quezon City, Philippines. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)