In Pictures: Philippines' war against drugs

It has been more than 100 days since Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte took office on June 30, kick-starting his war on drugs. Nearly 2,300 people have died, of which 1,566 were drug suspects killed in police operations.

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Oct 21, 2016, 08:16 PM

A relative holds a cardboard next to a picture of Florjohn Cruz inside a house where he was killed in a police drugs bust operation in Manila on Oct 20, 2016. The cardboard, which was found in the house where Florjohn was killed, translates to "I am a (drug) pusher and addict, don't be like me". PHOTO: REUTERS

Drug users exercise at Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Pampanga province, in northern Philippines on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A body is taken out of a house where two men were killed during a drugs related police operation in Manila on Oct 19, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Drug users make coffins as part of a local government drug rehabilitation program in Olongapo city, northern Philippines, on Oct 5, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS

Policemen stand guard in front of the flag-draped coffin of fellow police officer Rancel Cruz, who police investigators said was shot dead by a drug addict, in Manila on Oct 19, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

People sleep outside a church in Manila on Oct 18, 2016. People who have been spending their nights outside the church for a long time, say there are more people joining them since the beginning of the country's war on drugs. PHOTO: REUTERS

The sister of a man killed by unknown gunmen collects his belongings after the body was taken away in Manila on Oct 18, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Inmates take turns to sleep on any available spaces at Quezon City Jail, one of the country's most congested jails on Oct 17, 2016. Following the intensified drive of President Rodrigo Duterte's war against criminality, arrested drug suspects are jockeying for space inside jampacked prison cells. PHOTO: EPA

Relatives and friends follow a hearse with the body of Benjamin C Visda Jr, who was killed during a police drugs buy-bust operation, during his funeral procession in Manila on Oct 16, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kasandra Kate, 12, cries over the open coffin of her father Verigilio Mirano during his funeral at Navotas Public Cemetery in Manila on Oct 14, 2016. He was killed by masked gunmen at his home on Sept 27. PHOTO: REUTERS

This file photo taken on Sept 16, 2016 shows activists during a candle light vigil for victims of the extra judicial killings in the drug war of the government in front of a church in Manila. PHOTO: AFP

A policeman, holding a handcuffs, gestures toward a resident during a drug raid in Quezon City on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Filipino relative of a slain alleged drug dealer, who was killed in a police operation against illegal drugs, mourns during burial rites at a cemetery in Manila on Oct 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino mourners carry the coffin of a slain alleged drug dealer, who was killed in a police operation against illegal drugs, during burial rites at a cemetery in Manila on Oct 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino relatives of a slain alleged drug dealer, who was killed in a police operation against illegal drugs, mourn during burial rites at a cemetery in Manila on Oct 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino relatives of a slain alleged drug dealer, who was killed in a police operation against illegal drugs, mourn during burial rites at a cemetery in Manila on Oct 9, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Police officers stand as residents look at them during an "Oplan Tokhang" or house-to-house campaign on illegal drugs at an informal settlers’ community in Manila on Oct 6, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A child is silhouetted while playing with a toy gun as police officers conduct a "Oplan Tokhang" or a house-to-house campaign on illegal drugs at an informal settlers’ community in Manila on Oct 6, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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