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PAHIYAS ATTRACTS THOUSANDS

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Tourists have their pictures taken at the window of a house decorated with kiping (rice wafer) and other farm produce during the annual Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon on Tuesday. The festival, known for the colorful decorations of houses, attracts thousands of tourists every year.

PHOTOGRAPHY IN PUBLIC PLACES
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Photographers belonging to the group, Bawal Mag Shoot Dito-Pilipinas, (It’s Prohibited to Shoot Here-Philippines) hold a demonstration at the Greenbelt Mall in Makati City on Friday to denounce what they said are strict rules on photography in the mall. The group of photography enthusiasts is campaigning for relaxed rules on photography in places open to the public.

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)

SUDDEN DOWNPOUR IN METRO MANILA

Marikina residents play in the rain after a sudden downpour following a humid Friday afternoon in the metropolis. The weather bureau PAGASA had warned of isolated rainshowers prior to the onset of the rainy season. (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 gigantic Statue of the Risen Christ on top of a mountain at the Monasterio de Tarlac in San Jose,Tarlac towers over visitors of the shrine. The statue houses a relic of the True Cross, believed by devotees to be the cross that Jesus Christ carried in his crucifixion. (Photo by Cipriano Sison 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)

PALM SUNDAY (Photo by Luis Liwanag for ABS-CBNnews.com)

Parishioners, young and old, squeeze through the crowd to have their palm branches blessed by a priest at a church in Tagaytay City on Sunday. Palm Sunday commemorates the entry of Jesus Christ to the city of Jerusalem and is widely celebrated in this largely Catholic nation.

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