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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 5, 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/05/05/20230504-turkey-earthquake-cleanup-epa11451797-s.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/05/05/20230505-health-workers-protest-jc-2360-s.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/5/05/20230503-marcos-austin-pentagon-epa11449287-s.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/afp/05/05/20230505-sta-ana-manila-fire-afp-s.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/05/05/20230505-quiapo-church-heat-index-jc2703.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/05/05/20230505-environmental-advocates-disappearance-mt6-s.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/5/05/20230505-southeast-asian-games-open-afp.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Turkey clears debris after 7.8 magnitude quake</h1><p>A photo taken with a drone shows a view of the city center after some wreckage were cleaned in Hatay, Turkey, Thursday. More than 50,000 people died and thousands more were injured after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed by strong aftershocks, struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Feruary 6, 2023. <cite>Erdem Sahin, EPA-EFE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Health workers push for 33K minimum wage</h1><p>Health workers stage a unity march along Recto Avenue in Manila on Friday. The group, composed of health workers from various private and public health institutions, are demanding recognition of health workers’ rights and welfare, which includes pay hike, job security and mass hiring in health care facilities. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Marcos visits Pentagon</h1><p>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (left) and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (center) greet dignitaries at a full honor cordon welcome ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, USA on Thursday. President Marcos, Jr. visited the United States capital after the US and Philippines conducted war drills amid tensions with China. <cite>Michael Reynolds, EPA-EFE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Fire hits commercial establishment in Sta. Ana, Manila</h1><p>Firefighters inspect a burnt-out building along Del Pan Street in Sta. Ana, Manila on Friday. The fire, which reached third alarm, is still under investigation according to the Bureau of Fire Protection. <cite>Jam Sta. Rosa, AFP</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">Hot day in Manila as heat index reaches 40 degrees Celsius</h1><p>People use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they continue their activities at Plaza Miranda in Manila on Friday. The local government of Manila advised residents to take precaution as the highest recorded heat index (apparent temperature) in the city reached 40 degrees Celsius as of 12 noon. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">In search for missing rights defenders</h1><p>Members of Indigenous Peoples&#x27; organizations and rights groups protest the disappearance and arrest of IP rights defenders in front of the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City on Friday. The families and colleagues of Dexter Capuyan, a Bontoc-Ibaloi-Kankanaey; and Bazoo de Jesus, a member of Task Force Indigenous Peoples-Philippines, sent an appeal to the public to help locate the two missing rights advocates, whom they lost contact since April 28. <cite>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">32nd SEA Games open in Phnom Penh, Cambodia</h1><p>Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Friday. Southeast Asia&#x27;s biennial premiere sporting event comes a year after being hosted in an adjusted schedule in Vietnam last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the Philippines hoping to improve on its 4th-place finish. <cite>Mohd Rasfan, AFP</cite></p></div></div></div>

Here are the day's top stories in photos.