A nun marks a cross on the forehead of a devotee during the commemoration of Ash Wednesday outside a Roman Catholic church in Paranaque, Metro Manila March 5, 2014. Catholics in the country celebrated Ash Wednesday, which serves as a reminder that "as a man is dust, so unto dust he shall return" and marked the beginning of a 40-day period of Lent in the Roman Catholic calendar where many devotees in the Philippines will start the season of fasting and prayers. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)