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Published at 1588 × 756 in Morning Prayer 10.2.17, Friday of Epiphany 5

A fire in a slum in Manila Wednesday night left 15,000 people homeless and fleeing with whatever they could carry; children, pets, laundry baskets, a washing machine. The streets are too narrow for a fire truck to get through, so people were left to battle the blaze by hand. (Noel Celis/AFP)

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