 A cock fight in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. The rooster with the yellow tape on its leg (which holds a several inch long blade) was just impaled by the other rooster and is falling to its death.
|  A typical Scene in the Philippines
|  Crestito A. Guieb - (Born March 29, 1967 in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya). Captain of the winning Philippine regional Northern Luzon team in the Marlboro Tour '97. A farmer by profession, 5'5" tall, 120 lbs. A 10-year Marlboro Tour veteran with back to back wins in 1993 and 1994 as well as placing 4th in the Marlboro Tour '97. Considered as one of the Philippine's best mountain climbers.
|  A flooded physician's home in Ilocos Norte as a result of typhoon Igme.
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 The Carp vendor at the market in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya
|  Another image from the Market in Bagabag. This image is of a pork vendor.
|  This vendor at the Bagabag market snacked on a salted duck egg -- the remnants of the purple shell are beside her feet. In the photo are bitter melon leaves, eggplant (two varieties), bananas, fish (in bags), purple yam, taro root, okra, and tomatoes.
|  An Igorot tribesman posing for tourists. They used to all dress like this, but now they shop at Ukay-ukay (dig-dig)stores and buy second-hand designer clothing usually donated by persons with relatives in the US.
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 More Igorot tribesmen posing for a photo with rice terraces in the background.
|  An elderly woman at the Sagada market
|  An Igorot coffin in front of a cave in Sagada.
|  A banana leaf umbrella.
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 Digging for useful garbage at the dump in Payatas near Manila.
|  A rally in Manila to pressure President Gloria Arroyo to bring home Philippine troops from Iraq
|  A 50-foot high statue of Mary located on the road between Banaue and Sagada. Note the mountains in the background.
|  A beach in Pangasinan.
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 Scene at a museum honoring Ferdinand Marcos in Ilocos Norte
|  Planting rice
|  Separating rice from empty husks.
|  Plowing the old-fashioned way, with a carabao (water buffalo).
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 A potato farmer in the mountains between Banaue and Sagada
|  Rice terraces in Sagada
|  Retired priests living in Manila. Many of them arrived in the Philippines from Europe as long ago as 1945. Some of their colleagues didn't survive the trip across China and the subsequent boat ride to the Philippines.
|  An old Spanish-built Church in Ilocos Norte
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 Cooling off in the pool shower on a sweltering hot day
|  Many billboards featured photos of blond-haired western women, such as Britney Spears, to sell products; others featured creams to make brown-skinned Filipinos white.
|  Many billboards featured photos of blonde-haired western women, such as Britney Spears, to sell products; others featured creams to make bronze-skinned Filipinos white.
|  The man in this picture collects money from patrons of the CR (comfort room). This image shows the possible origins of the terms going #1 and #2 which according to the sign cost 1 and 2 pesos, respectively.
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