Calumpit

Two years after devastating twin typhoons, photographer Cheryl Ravelo was just expecting to commemorate the tragedy. But then Nesat and Nalgae struck.

FESTIVE VEGETARIANS: Firecrackers exploded during a procession to mark the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand, Monday. Revelers slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts to purify themselves. (Christophe Archambault/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

FOOD STOP: Children ate on the side of a road in Hyderabad, India, Monday. (Noah Seelam/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

SCALING STONES: Engineers with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates examined stones on the exterior of the Washington Monument Monday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

DIRTY WORK: Shaima Akram, 12, left, and her sister Shamila, 9, rested while working with their family in a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

BAGGING SUPPLIES: A volunteer bagged relief goods for flood victims near Calumpit, Philippines, Monday. Floodwaters slowly receded in many parts of the northern Philippines after two typhoons killed nearly 60 people. (Jay Directo/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

BLARING MUSIC: Loudspeakers lined a wall during a competition at a fair in Allahabad, India, Monday. People regularly participate in competitions to see who can play the loudest music. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

A man wades through flood water in Calumpit, Bulacan, north of Manila on September 28, 2011. The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Nesat climbed to 18 as thousands of people battled widespread flooding and another storm bore down on the country. Rescuers reported two more deaths overnight, while 35 others remained missing, after [...]