These men paint a road in Davao City with the Communist Party of the Philippines' (CPP) logo. They are staging a lightning rally a day after the CPP celebrated its 49th anniversary. (Medel Hernani / davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte early morning of December 24, 2017 comforts the families of dozens of people believed to be dead after they were trapped in fire a day ago.
A firefighter sprays pressurized water onto a burning portion of NCCC Mall Davao. Authorities declared on December 24, 2017, that the fire in the mall has been put off
Karen Tidalgo, 23, dresses her one-month-old daughter at an evacuation center in Matina, Davao City. Her family evacuated from their home in Matina Gravahan on the night of December 22, 2017 when a nearby river bursted its banks, affecting thousands of households.
People in Salvador, Lanao del Norte, on December 23, 2017 prepare bodies of flash flood victims to be transported to the mosque for Salat al-Janazah, a form of Islamic funeral prayer