A worker arranges bodies in various stages of decomposition at the morgue of Henry's Funeral Homes in Manila (AFP Photo/Noel CELIS)

Manila (AFP) - Business has never been busier for undertaker Alejandro Ormeneta but, after five months on the frontlines of the Philippines' brutal drug war, he just wants the killings to stop. Part of his stump speech on the campaign trail was jocular business advice for people to set up funeral homes in preparation for the killings. Veronica and other funeral parlours AFP visited also reported that bodies were frequently left unclaimed because relatives of the victims did not know about the death, were afraid of being linked to drugs or were simply too poor.
In the Philippines, demonstrators call for President Rodrigo Duterte to address extrajudicial killings linked to the Philippine Drug War, ongoing military operations against communist rebels, and the controversial burial of Ferdinand Marcos in the Heroes' Cemetery. An effigy of Marcos was made as a centerpiece of the protest.