An armoured personnel carrier roams around tenements reminding residents to stay indoors, amid the lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the slum area of Tondo, Manila, Philippines, May 4, 2020. Picture taken May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Fans write messages in memory of Kobe Bryant after he and his daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Candles are lit in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Messages written by Filipino fans in memory of Kobe Bryant are seen after he and his daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A man polishes the mural in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A man polishes the mural in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A man polishes the mural in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A man polishes the mural in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A man looks at a mural in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A man polishes the mural in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Fans polish the mural in memory of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Ashly Muceros, a 10-year-old fan of Kobe Bryant, looks at a mural, painted in memory of him and his daughter Gianna hours after they died in a helicopter crash, on the basketball court of a housing tenement in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

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Residential houses are seen in Innsbruck, Austria, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

Residential houses are seen in Innsbruck, Austria, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

Residential houses are seen in Innsbruck, Austria, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

Residential houses and a church are seen in Innsbruck, Austria, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

A lantern is seen in the street in the Old Town of Tallinn, Estonia, August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Electric wires are seen as a boy plays on the rooftop of Vitas Tenement, a government housing building, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "PHILIPPINES FIRE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Residents rest on the rooftop of Vitas Tenement, a government housing building, overlooking a new residential condominium building in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "PHILIPPINES FIRE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Vitas Tenement, a government housing building, stands with a new residential condominium building seen in the background, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "PHILIPPINES FIRE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

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Flames are seen from an LPG stove in the kitchen of a resident at Vitas Tenement, a government housing building, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "PHILIPPINES FIRE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A low fog engulfs the skyscrapers of the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, Britain April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs 

A low fog engulfs the skyscrapers of the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, Britain April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs 

Residents stand on a rooftop of a shanty tenement house while newly-built condominium buildings are seen in the background in Tondo district, metro Manila, Philippines, March 11, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Residents stand on a rooftop of a shanty tenement house while newly-built condominium buildings are seen in the background in Tondo district, metro Manila, Philippines, March 11, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A girl sits in front of a computer kiosk at a tenement housing project in Manila, Philippines October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

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A man counts his money after selling recycled air-conditioning units to a vendor in the yard of a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 18, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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A woman washes dishes at a recycling workers' tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 15, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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Children's shoes rest against a window at a recycling workers' tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 14, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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A woman cooks dinner in the yard of a recycling workers' tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 18, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Laundry is hung out to dry in the yard of a recycling workers' tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 15, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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Recycling worker Gu Zhaofang is seen behind a blind as she speaks on her mobile phone at her tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 20, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A recycling worker looks at a broken piano in the yard of a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 14, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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A woman dismantles a broken air-conditioning unit to sell its parts as scrap, outside a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 14, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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A recycling worker cuts a cable of an air-conditioning unit as he works in the yard of a tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 29, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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The yard of a tenement house is reflected in a broken television set in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 28, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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A recycling worker stands in the yard of a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 28, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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A puppy stands next to parts of dismantled electronic goods in the yard of a recycling workers' tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 28, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT ANIMALS)

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A recycling worker holds wires which she collected from a dismantled microwave in the yard of her tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 28, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A recycling worker moves air-conditioning units in the yard of her tenement house at Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 28, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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Broken fridges are seen in the yard of a recycling workers' tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing May 15, 2014. On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods, or e-waste. Discarded electrical and electronic products, from abandoned air-conditioners to refrigerators, are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. Those in the business in Dongxiaokou grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan, and residents are worried about losing their homes and work. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight on June 5, which marks World Environment Day. Picture taken May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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A protester throws a rotten egg at a poster of President Benigno Aquino during a protest outside the presidential palace in Manila July 10, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. The poster reads, "Mining Executive Order (EO) of Aquino, rotten! and should be junked! ".
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Protesters hold placards during a protest outside the presidential palace in Manila July 10, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS COMMODITIES) 

A protester holds a placard during a protest outside the presidential palace in Manila July 10, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. The placard reads "President Noynoy's Mining EO (executive order), is anti-nature! anti-people! Pro- foreign interest!!!." REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS COMMODITIES) 

A boy gestures behind a sign outside the Department of Environment and Natural Resources during a rally in Quezon City, Metro Manila July 9, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements.
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Protesters at a rally hold up signs by leftitst party-list group Bayan Muna, that opposes the new executive order on mining, outside the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City, Metro Manila July 9, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CIVIL UNREST ENERGY) 

Protesters, opposing the new executive order on mining signed by President Benigno Aquino, throw tomatoes on the signage of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources during a rally in Quezon City, Metro Manila July 9, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CIVIL UNREST) 

A mother and her child dice mineral muck ore in the gold mining town of Diwalwal in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines May 24, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. Picture taken May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ENERGY) 

A miner waits for his colleagues to enter a tunnel in the gold mining town of Diwalwal in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines May 24, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. Picture taken May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ENERGY) 

A view of a gold mining town Diwalwal in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines May 24, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts.The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. Picture taken May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ENERGY) 

Filipino miners use water to extract gold dust from diced muck ore the a gold mining town of Diwalwal in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines May 24, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. Picture taken May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ENERGY) 

Filipino miners unload sacks of mineral muck ore from their wagons in the gold mining town of Diwalwal in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines May 24, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts.The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements. Picture taken May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ENERGY) 

Filipino miners push a cart containing sacks of mineral muck ore in the gold mining town of Diwalwal in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines May 24, 2012. The Philippines said on Monday it will not grant permits to new mining projects until Congress approves adjustments to current revenue sharing schemes, but it will respect existing contracts. The new rules, contained in an executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino last week, also includes a provision ordering public bidding for all mining tenements.Picture taken May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ENERGY) 

A tourist takes a picture from a tango store in the Caminito district of Buenos Aires' neighborhood of La Boca, in this picture taken August 18, 2010. In the country's capital, browsing through antique stalls, dining on steak, drinking Malbec wine and dancing the tango in the atmospheric dance halls are a must. The sign on the left reads: "Historical tenement- Cultural center of artists". Picture taken August 18, 2010. To match Reuters Life! TRAVEL/ARGENTINA REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) 

Police and members of a demolition team detain a resident resisting eviction from a government tenement building in Manila's Makati business district June 2, 2009. Dozens of residents, who claimed they will be denied to return to the building once it is developed into a condominium, fought against the police and the government's demolition team on Tuesday in Makati. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES CONFLICT POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Residents living in a government tenement building hold onto an iron gate as they resist policemen trying to evict them in Manila's Makati business district June 2, 2009. Dozens of residents, who claimed they will be denied to return to the building once it is developed into a condominium, fought against the police and the government's demolition team on Tuesday in Makati. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES CONFLICT POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A member of a demolition team hammers an iron gate during an eviction of residents living in a government tenement building in Manila's Makati business district June 2, 2009. Dozens of residents, who claimed they will be denied to return to the building once it is developed into a condominium, fought against the police and the government's demolition team on Tuesday in Makati. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES CONFLICT POLITICS BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)