Street performers carrying taklub on their backs (Tacloban takes its name from the taklub, a bamboo fish-catching contraption).
Aerial view of Tacloban, 1931
Madonna Maria Kanon, a peace commemoration statue in Kanfuraw Hill
Debris lines the streets of Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan hit the city.
Pope Francis blesses the crowd after the mass near the Tacloban Airport on January 17, 2015, en route to Palo, Leyte to visit families of Typhoon Yolanda victims.