A giant billboard stands obtrusively against the shanties along the riverbank of Davao River in Davao City in this photo taken September 18, 2008 in the southern Philippines. About one-third of Filipinos live below the poverty line and worsened by 17-year high rising inflation in August. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported in its latest poverty survey released last May that the number of "poor" Filipinos grew from 23.8 million in 2003 to 27.6 million in 2006. (AKP Images / Keith Bacongco)
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