Home > News MULTIMEDIA THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 30, 2019 ABS-CBN News Posted at Aug 30 2019 11:43 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter Pinterest West Papuans protest against discrimination Security forces watch as a building burns after hundreds of demonstrators marched near Papua's biggest city Jayapura on Thursday evening, where they set fire to a regional assembly building and hurled rocks at shops and hotels. Indonesia's Papua was plunged into chaos again as angry protesters torched a government building and damaged businesses, according to an AFP reporter, after nearly two weeks of riots across the island. Indra Thamrin Hatta, AFP EDSA oil spill causes heavy traffic Metro Manila Development Authority personnel spread sawdust over an oil spill along EDSA northbound lane near SM North EDSA in Quezon City, Friday. Heavy traffic was experienced as several lanes were closed to traffic while members of the Bureau of Fire Protection cleaned the area. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News San Juan commemorates Araw ng Pinaglabanan Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat joins San Juan City officials led by Mayor Francis Zamora during the commemoration of the 123rd anniversary of the Battle of Pinaglabanan on Friday. Battle of Pinaglabanan was the first battle between the Katipuneros, led by Andres Bonifacio, and Spanish colonizers in 1896. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News Everybody is dengue fighting A municipal employee operates a fogging machine to kill mosquito larvae during counter-dengue measures in Antipolo, Rizal on Friday. After a Dengvaxia scare caused many Filipinos to shy away from vaccination, the country was hit with measles and dengue outbreaks that have so far killed nearly a thousand people this year. Ted Aljibe, AFP Prominent HK activists arrested Leading pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow are escorted by police in a van at a district in Hong Kong on Friday, a day before a planned protest in the city that was banned by police. The ongoing protests against the city's Beijing-backed government, which initially started as a call against a proposed extradition bill, have evolved into a wider call for greater democracy. Tyrone Siu, Reuters Underneath the lanterns A couple walks through a tunnel decorated with Chinese lanterns at a mall in Binondo, Manila Friday. Chinese-Filipino owned establishments dot the capital city where Binondo, established in 1594 and which many consider as one of the oldest Chinatowns in the world, is located. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News Read More: Jayapura Indonesia demonstration oil spill EDSA North EDSA MMDA traffic San Juan Coty araw ng Pinaglabanan Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat Zamora dengue dengvaxia fogging Antipolo health mosquitos cleanliness Hong Kong China extradition bill Joshua Wong Agnes Chow mall Chinese Lanterns Binondo Manila couple