A mother prepares food for her family inside the gym of Diatagon, Lianga in Surigao del Sur where over 1,200 individuals from the barangay’s upland communities and neighboring villages have sought shelter, on July 20, 2018.

They fled their homes on July 16, 2018 citing the presence of an Army detachment in their area which they fear would invite attacks by the New People’s Army.

MindaNews photo by GG BUENO