Tens of thousands took to the rain-soaked streets of Manila on August 5, to bid farewell to Aquino, who overthrew a dictatorship to become a totem of 'people power'. Aquino, who died aged 76 at the weekend after a long battle with cancer, was to be buried in a private ceremony after a long funeral procession skirting the Philippine capital's gleaming business towers and teeming shantytowns. Photo: JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images
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