Giornata internazionale per l'eradicazione della povertà

Manila, Filippine, 12 ottobre 2011. A Filipino street child holds a white rose as he participates in the observance of International Day of Overcoming Extreme Poverty at the Rizal Park. The annual event also observed in other countries seeks to find ways of effectively easing poverty, which afflicts nearly a third of the Philippines’ 94 million people. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)