In Tacloban, Philippines, thousands of people commemorated this Saturday terrible passage of Super Typhoon Haiyan there is a year to the day. They attended including commemorative masses, Filipinos are predominantly Catholic.
Haiyan ravaged islands in the center of the Philippine archipelago with giant waves and the strongest winds ever recorded on earth. The disaster of November 8 was over 7350 dead. Their families came to collect around the graves.
Many survivors still have no roof or means of livelihood.
In Tacloban, protesters criticized the Philippine president. "We demand justice for the criminal negligence of our president and the government," said a protester. We want him to resign. "
Some 14 million people, or about 15% of the national population, live in the area devastated by the typhoon.
With AFP, AP and Reuters
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