A woman returns to her charred home after a fire at a slum area in Manila, the Philippines, July 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) Residents search for their belongings as they return to their charred ...

SHOTLIST MANILA, PHILIPPINES MARCH 18, 2020 SOURCE: AFPTV 1. Pan right packed houses at a slum near the river 2. Aerial shot slum area beside the river 3. Mid shot children playing at a slum house 4.

MANILA, Philippines -- The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt roads lined by crumbling ...

MANILA, Philippines — A huge fire that swept through a shantytown outside the Philippine capital has killed one resident, destroyed about 600 houses and left more than 10,000 people homeless.

According to Global Wealth Report 2015, half of world’s wealth is now in the hands of 1% of population. In Manila, the Philippines’s capital, there is also a deep divide between the rich and the poor.

Manila, the Philippines’ capital, is the most densely populated city in the world. Over the years, its population has swelled as people have arrived from the countryside seeking a better life, but ...