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CHILD ENJOYS LAST DAYS OF SUMMER

A child cools down under a shower before jumping to the pool at the La Mesa Eco-Park in Quezon City. The pool in the park is one of the few public swimming pools in the capital accesible and affordable to Metro Manila residents and visitors. (Photo by Rem Zamora for ABS-CBNnews.com)

Children touch the aquariums containing varieties of jellyfish as they are mesmerized by the sea creatures at the Jellies Exhibit inside the Manila Ocean Park. The jellyfish appear to glow as different colored lights pass thru their membranes. (Photo by Rem Zamora for ABS-CBNnews.com)

A man walks on top of a river bed that has dried up due to the hot temperature in Barangay Padcal in Tuba, Benguet. The weather bureau has warned of extremely hot weather, possibly reaching 36 degrees Celsius, in the next weeks as the summer climate peaks. (Photo: ABS-CBNnews.com)

Despite the holiday, traffic on EDSA at the Kamuning flyover is at a standstill on Monday as motorists and travelers on buses return to the capital after the long weekend. Many Metro Manila residents took advantage of the long vacation and started returning to to the metropolis only on Monday. Photo by Manny Palmero for ABS-CBNnews.com (SOURCE)

INTERACTIVE: Japan earthquake, then and now

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On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m. local time, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake jolted the northeast coastal area of Japan.

The epicenter was in Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku.

But the largest devastation was wrought on Iwate Prefecture, devastated by tsunami waves that reached as high as 40 meters (133 feet).

It would turn out to be the strongest earthquake to hit Japan ever, more powerful than the Great Kanto earthquake that devastated Tokyo in 1923 or more recently, the Great Hanshin earthquake that shook the Kobe area in 1995.

The quake took more than 19,000 lives with total damages estimated at over US$122 billion.

Nearly a year later, a photographer of Agence France Presse (AFP) went back to the scenes where the original pictures of the quake were taken by AFP. Here, in an interactive format, is how the area looked like before and after.

UPLB students protest the killing of Rey Peñaranda

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Students from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) gather on Monday to mourn and condemn the killing of Rey Peñaranda, a 3rd-year student in the UPLB who was stabbed Sunday morning during a mugging incident just outside of the university. 

Buses used by INC members fill Roxas Boulevard

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A line of buses, used by members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) to go to their gathering at the Qurino Grandstand, stretches on both sides of Roxas Boulevard as far as the eye can see on Tuesday. The INC’s “grand evangelical mission” is seen by some political analysts as a show of force behind impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona. 

Panagbenga festival in Baguio City

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A contingent from Kabayan, Benguet, performs their winning entry “Adivay Festival” in the Street Dancing competition of the Panagbenga Flower Festival in Baguio City. The Panagbenga is an annual festival held in Baguio City to celebrate the city’s abundance of flowers.

Allan Avila from Tarlac participates in the pole vault competition during the 2012 Central Luzon Regional Athletic Asociation (CLRAA) meet in Iba Zambales on Thursday. Avila was able to clear 2.8 meters to win the gold. The CLRAA is a yearly sports competition among elementary and high school athletes in the region. (Photo from ABS-CBNnews.com)

Children play in the rain

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Students from an elementary School in Quezon City use a makeshift slide to play on the gutter after a sudden downpour in Metro Manila on Thursday. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomic Services (PAGASA) said a Low Pressure Area is affecting the southern part of the country.