O giant star of Alfredo Lim

Giatn stars featuring pictures of Manila's mayor Alfredo Lim on a giant Christmas tree

Flooded Manila takes to stilts

An improvised motorcycle on the flooded streets of Manila

The week in pictures: Oct 4-10

Fashion in Paris, Conservatives in Manchester and floods in the Philippines

After the storms

The Philippines is struggling to clear up after two deadly storms

Pigs rescued from Philippines floods

Floods caused by typhoon Parma threaten the Filipino town of Luna

Philippines flooded

Floods have killed 240 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless

Daily animal picture: Dogs rescued from Philippines floods

A Filipino carries his dogs to safety after floods caused by tropical storm Ketsana inundated Marikina City

Picture of the Day: Philippines flooding

Marikina City, near Manila: houses destroyed by flooding after tropical storm Ketsana passed through the Philippines

Typhoon Morakot

Typhoon Morakot: Hundreds are feared dead after a fearsome storm hit Taiwan, China and the Philippines.