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The girlfriend of PFC Jaime Inventor is comforted by the fallen soldier's colleague. Inventor was killed in an encounter with the ISIS-inspired Maute group on September 17, as the troops recapture the Bato Mosque, one of the militant's strongholds inside the main battle area in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Lumad and Moro delegates of the Lakbayan of National Minorities burn an effigy that represented US President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in a rally near the US Embassy in Manila on Friday, September 15. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Lumad and Moro delegates of Lakbayan of National Minorities clash with police forces as they pushed their way towards the US Embassy in Manila on Friday, September 15. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Lumad and Moro delegates to this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities condemned on Thursday, September 14 in a rally held at the historic Mendiola Bridge in Manila the killing of Obillo Bay-ao, the 19-year old lumad student from Talaingod in Davao del Norte killed by the paramilitary group in the area. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Activists march in protest of the death of Lumad student Obello Bay-ao on Wednesday, September 13. Bay-ao's relatives said Obello was able to identify his attackers as members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)