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Aurora Almendral

Aurora Almendral is a freelance reporter and radio producer based in Manila and New York.
Crowds holding candles and rosaries pray in the week following the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka. 
Conflict & Justice
Sri Lanka remains wary of more attacks, but churches begin to rebuild
A man walks by a large banner that reads "Muslims condemn the senseless killings of innocent Christians at worship in their churches and celebrating Easter Sunday. There's no place in Islam for extremists."
Extremism
Muslims in Sri Lanka say they feel targeted after bombings
A man waves a backhoe as it lifts dirt to drop onto four caskets laid out in a row
Sri Lanka mourns with mass funerals
Yolanda Ampoan is hugged by her children after learning of the death of her son Sandrex Ampo. Ampo was killed by unknown assailant on September 23, 2016 in Punta Sta Ana, Manila.
Justice
When half a million drug users surrendered in the Philippines, authorities sent some of them to Zumba
Jennelyn Olayres hold her husband’s dead body, Michael Siaron, an alleged drug pusher killed by unidentified gunman in Pasay City south of Manila.
Conflict
The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets
Jennelyn Olayres hold her husband’s dead body, Michael Siaron, an alleged drug pusher killed by unidentified gunman in Pasay City south of Manila.
Conflict
The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets
Brother Paul heads out at night with baggies filled with biscuits for kids, and medicines for adults with HIV. He also distributes clean needles and condoms to those in need.
Health
A Catholic monk in the Philippines defies his church to help people with HIV
Abandoned "ghost nets" take a deadly toll on fish and aquatic ecosystems around the world. The NetWorks program in the Philippines attacks the problem by paying fishermen to haul up old nets and then sends them to Europe and the US to be recycled into com
Environment
Philippines project turns ‘ghost’ fishing nets into carpets
A woman in Plaza Miranda, outside Quiapo Church in Manila, sells off her dwindling stock of Pope Francis t-shirts in advance of the Pope's visit to the Philippines.
Belief
Filipino Catholics welcome Pope Francis with fervency, hope and souvenir T-shirts
One year after Typhoon Haiyan, about 5,000 people still live in evacuation centers or tents like this one in Sandy Beach, near Tacloban.
Development
A year later, communities are still suffering from Typhoon Haiyan
Health & Medicine
Why contraception might be a way out of poverty for Filipino families
Jing Geronimo, inmate Roberto Maanyo, and their son Robert James outside the small shack the family shares on the grounds of the Leyte Provincial Prison on the outskirts of Tacloban.
Development & Education
In typhoon-hit Tacloban, some families have moved into the local prison
Patella, Jim Houck’s 4-year-old human remains detection dog, arrives on the tarmac in Tacloban.
Development & Education
An American and his dog help bring closure to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan
Farmer Felipe Parado Jr., 59, has collected the sap of coconut palms, to make wine, since he was a child.
Development & Education
Typhoon Haiyan felled this man’s trees and uprooted his life
Rene Celis stands in the ruins of Barangay Pampango, a seaside neighborhood in Tacloban that was destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan. Celis was the neighborhood leader—or “captain.”
Development & Education
Filipinos made homeless by Typhoon Haiyan struggle with where to rebuild
Delma Yerro, 53, and her granddaughter Heavenly at their sari-sari store in Tacloban, Philippines.
Business, Economics and Jobs
After Haiyan, Filipinos try to rebuild a cherished local link in the retail chain
The Vergara family is rebuilding a home on the site of the one devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, using lumber and corrugated tin gathered from the wreckage.
Development & Education
This simple story shows what it means for survivors to rebuild their lives after Typhoon Haiyan
Business, Economics and Jobs
Living on Call Center Time in the Philippines
Business, Economics and Jobs
Filipino Domestic Workers Flee War in Syria, Return Home to No Work
Business, Economics and Jobs
Undocumented Immigrants Work to Come Out of the Fiscal Shadows, Pay Taxes
Arts, Culture & Media
Jollibee: A Taste of Home for Filipinos
Arts, Culture & Media
Maggi: The local seasoning from everywhere