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Asia’s Protest Wave Sweeps Over the Philippines

Inequality and endemic corruption has prompted many Filipinos to take to the streets.

Filipinos attack a motel during anti-corruption demonstrations in Manila on Sept. 21.

Photographer: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says that no-one will be spared in a government probe into corruption, his relatives included.