A merchant attends to her shop in Barangay Basak Malutlut in Marawi City on Monday (Feb.

19, 2018) as residents strive to bring normalcy back to their daily lives.

The barangay was where the five-month long Marawi siege started.

on May 23 last year, when government forces tried to arrest Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon in his rented apartment. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO