Martial Law in Mindanao

HUMANITARIAN MISSION

HUMANITARIAN MISSION

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Jun 14, 2017

More than 50 volunteers from Davao City formed a circle for a prayer before departing for Iligan City on Tuesday morning, June 13, to join the three-day humanitarian mission to aid thousands of displaced families and individuals from Marawi City due to the continuing military offensives against the ISIS-linked Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

‘RISE UP, MARAWI’

‘RISE UP, MARAWI’

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Jun 14, 2017

Young boys who were among the more than 200,000 displaced due to the fighting in Marawi look up to a tarpaulin which hangs at the Lanao del Sur Provincial Capitol grounds in Marawi City on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. The sign calls on residents to “rise up” from the tragedy . (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

CLEARING OPS

CLEARING OPS

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Jun 14, 2017

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)

LOOKING UP

LOOKING UP

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Jun 13, 2017

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)

SHOW OF FORCE

SHOW OF FORCE

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Jun 12, 2017

Several soldiers and a few personnel carriers stay along the stretch of Davao City’s San Pedro Street on Monday, June 12 while the Independence Day flag raising ceremony is being held at the Rizal Park here. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)