A man, whose wife was arrested during an anti-drug operation and has a bout of tuberculosis, coughs outside a window while his daughter plays with candles inside a shanty in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines. As night falls in the Philippine capital, few of the 700 families living in the sprawling portside shanty town known as Market 3 dare to venture out of their homes.


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A man stands outside the Market 3 shanty area in Navotas, Metro Manila. The crime-ridden maze of sheet metal, crumbling cement and wooden boards has become a frontline of the bloody war on illegal drugs that has defined Rodrigo Duterte's presidency since it was unleashed in June 2016.


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Children play with a baby at the fish port in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A woman shows a picture of her son, a soldier killed during the battle against Islamist militants in Marawi, on Mindanao island, inside her shanty in Navotas.


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Residents are seen outside their shanties in Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

Residents walk through a partially-flooded street in Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A belt, a rosary, shorts and a couple of candles adorn a jeepney that was converted into a shanty by a man, whose wife was arrested during an anti-drug operation and was found dead a day later, in Navotas. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A woman lights candles at a shrine in front of a picture of her 23-year-old son, who was killed during an anti-drug operation, inside her shanty in Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "MANILA SLUM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fishermen cast their nets off Navotas Bay, Metro Manila, Philippines. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A man, whose wife was arrested during an anti-drug operation and was found dead a day later, stands near fishing boats in Navotas. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

Residents are seen outside their shanties in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A crying angel is painted by an artist on a wall to mark a place where a woman who was arrested during an anti-drug operation was found dead a day later, in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A boy uses a computer at a makeshift internet shop inside Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A woman whose son was killed during an anti-drug operation, plays with her puppy at the entrance of her shanty in Market 3 in Navotas. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

Family and friends of a shooting victim from Market 3 take part in the funeral march along North Bay Boulevard in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

Fishermen unload their day's catch of mussels at a fish port of Market 3 in Navotas. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

Residents hang out at a shop in Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao 

A man walks through a permanently-flooded area of a fish port in Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao