Across the Universe

A pet dog dressed as a crowned Miss Universe is photographed at a pet fashion show celebrating World Animals Day in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Photo: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters.

Porthole

Manila, Philippines: A cat in its carrier as animals and their owners gather for an annual pet blessing ceremony to mark the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. Photo: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images.

Heart of Stone

A memorial statue for World War II “comfort women” who were made sex slaves for Japanese troops during the conflict, stands in Manila, Philippines. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis.

The Gun of Don Rodrigo

Family, friends and supporters join the funeral of Kian Loyd delos Santos, 17, in Caloocan, Philippines, executed by police death squads during one of their so-called anti-drug operations. Photo: Jes Aznar/Getty Images.

Moby-Dick

Cavite, Philippines: A boy plays near a whale-shaped art installation made of plastic and trash made by Greenpeace. Photo: Erik de Castro/Reuters.

Las obras infames de Don Rodrigo

Manila, Philippines: The Commission on Human Rights uncovers a secret cell at a police station where alleged drug suspects claim to have been detained without ventilation or light. Photo: Jes Aznar/Getty Images.

What Goes Around Comes Around

• Reuters, Rodrigo Duterte says he once threw a suspect from helicopter, The Guardian, December 29, 2016

Activists light candles in front of a church in Manila during a vigil for victims of extrajudicial killings in the government’s drug war. Photo: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images.

Wanted Man

• Oliver Holmes, Philippine senators call for Duterte to be impeached over killing confession, The Guardian, December 15, 2016

Paramedics attend the scene of an extrajudicial killing in Manila in September. Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has vowed no let-up in his so-called “war on crime”. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images.

Don Rodrigo

• Oliver Holmes, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed criminals, The Guardian, December 14, 2016

The grieving parents of a suspected drug user killed by the police in Manila, Philippines. More than 3000 people have died in a bloody three-months-old so-called “war on crime”. As some officers claim, Don Rodrigo’s hit squads are composed of active police officers, but the murders are conducted in such a way as to make them appear to be perpetrated by “vigilantes” to deliberately obscure police involvement and preclude investigation. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images.

Persona non grata

• Oliver Holmes, Duterte says children killed in Philippines drug war are “collateral damage”, The Guardian, October 17, 2016

Paramedics attend the scene of an extrajudicial killing in Manila in September. President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte and his death squads killed more than 3,600 in their so-called “war on crime”. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images.

Tigerlake

Malabon City, Philippines: A Bengal tiger in a glass enclosure during a presentation of cubs at Malabon Zoo. Photo: Mark R. Cristino/EPA.

The Price Is Never Right

• China Labour Bulletin, 南海争端——社会主义的分析 | A Socialist view of the South China Sea dispute, RedChinaCn.net, July 12, 2016

Abstract: It’s just an imperialist conflict between Washington and 北京 (Běijīng), through military and economic pressure in order to protect their respective interests in Asia. Socialists oppose the U.S. “rebalancing” and neoliberal capitalist economic blocs such as the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). We call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Asia, but we also oppose the Chinese government’s military policies towards the neighbouring countries, which replicate the brutal methods used against workers, poors, and oppressed in China. [Read more].

中共喉舌《环球时报》发表的政见 | Global Times, a nationalist China’s Communist Party–controlled newspaper, gives its view. Image courtesy of RedChinaCn.net.

IWD

People release lanterns on the eve of International Women’s Day in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images.

Crocodile Rock

Manila, Philippines: A worker feeds crocodile Shaquille at Malabon zoo on the third world wildlife day. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images.