Seeking help: Macasero (seated on right) holding her son while her neighbours hold signs begging for food and water next to a highway in Daanbantayan town, in Cebu, Philippines. — The Straits Times/ANN
Under the searing midday sun, homemaker Leira Macasero, 35, stood by the roadside in a northern Cebu town, cradling her two-month-old son.
Around her, young neighbours held up cardboard signs that read: “We need food and water.”
