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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 3, 2023

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<p>Here are the day&#x27;s top stories in photos.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/5/03/20230502-japan-ground-self-defense-helicopter-epa11446723-s.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/05/03/20230503-heat-index-baseco-swim-jc1256-s.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/05/03/20230503-myanmar-prisoners-release-epa.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/05/03/20230503-serbia-school-shooting-afp.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/05/03/20230503-worldpressfreedom-march-up-mt-1.jpg"/></div></div></div><div class="slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Japan retrieves wreckage of Ground Self-Defense Force&#x27;s helicopter</h1><p>The wreckage of Japan&#x27;s Ground Self-Defense Force&#x27;s helicopter UH-60JA is salvaged from the seabed off Ikema Island in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, Tuesday. The helicopter, with 10 personnel on board, went missing on 06 April 2023 after about 10 minutes after leaving a base on Miyako Island. Five of 10 personnel were confirmed to be dead so far. <cite>Jiji Press/EPA-EFE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Cool dip in hot weather</h1><p>A child enjoys a dip in a portable pool amid the hot weather in Baseco, Manila on Wednesday. PAGASA reminds the public to take necessary precaution against extreme heat as computed heat index reached 42 degrees Celsius at NAIA in Pasay City on May 2. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Prisoners released in Myanmar</h1><p>Relatives and friends of prisoners hold placards and gather around a bus carrying inmates upon their release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday. The Myanmar military announced an amnesty for nearly 2,000 detainees across the country to commemorate the Full Moon Day of Kason, also known as The Buddha&#x27;s Day, the anniversary of the Buddha&#x27;s birth, enlightenment, and death. <cite>Nyein Chan Naing, EPA-EFE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">School shooting kills 9 in Belgrade</h1><p>A parent escorts a child in tears following a shooting at an elementary school in Belgrade, Serbia on Wednesday. At least eight students and a security guard were confirmed dead, while police arrested a 14-year old student following the shooting at the Vladislav Ribnikar school. <cite>Oliver Bunic, AFP</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Journalists called on to defend press freedom</h1><p>Media rights advocates commemorate the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day with a march at University of the Philippines, Diliman campus in Quezon City on Wednesday. The groups appealed for the immediate release of detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. The rallyists also called on all journalists in the mainstream and alternative media to continue the fight for genuine press freedom amid the online attacks from those affected by their stories. <cite>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div>

Here are the day's top stories in photos.