Residents of a central Philippine province affected by an oil spill from a sunken tanker are enduring the powerful stench of petroleum as they clean it up using buckets and mugs while authorities race to contain environmental damage.
Wearing personal protective equipment and masks, residents of the town of Pola in Oriental Mindoro, with the help of Philippine coast guard crew, collected debris soaked in oil and wiped thick sludge from rocks along the shore.
