Navotas

Aaron Favila/Associated Press Residents walked past a tattered Philippine flag in a coastal village in Tangos, Navotas city, north of Manila, where most of the houses were wiped out by strong currents from recent typhoons.

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Malasig/EPA Victims rebuilt damaged shanties at a coastal village in Navotas.

Typhoon Nalgae Strengthens 2011

Bullit Marquez/Associated Press Children peering through a school gate in suburban Navotas, north of Manila, Wednesday.

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European Pressphoto Agency A boy walked in front of a cargo ship that broke its anchor in the Navotas slums north of Manila on Sept. 28.

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Aaron Favila/Associated Press Residents living beside a river carried their belongings as they evacuated to higher grounds in Navotas, north of Manila, Tuesday, as Typhoon Nesat hit the country.

Typhoon Nesat Hits the Philippines 2011

Reuters A boy painted part of a tomb located in a public cemetery in Navotas City, Philippines.

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Malasig/European Pressphoto Agency A Filipino boy sat on the roof of a shanty destroyed by typhoons at a coastal village in Navotas city, north of Manila, on Friday.

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Pat Roque/Associated Press A man takes his son on a bicycle on a flooded street on Wednesday in suburban Navotas, north of Manila.

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Romeo Ranoco/Reuters A boy painted part of a tomb located in an 'Apartment Style' public cemetery in Navotas city, north of Manila, on Monday.

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Reuters A man stood on a ladder as he prayed for his relative who is buried at an 'apartment-style' public cemetery in Navotas city, north of Manila, on Monday.

Southeast Asia in Pictures 2011