Policemen hold residents after a demolition operation turned violent in Manila, Philippines, Sept. 24.

Residents throw stones and beer bottles during a demoliton operation to clear a settlers area in Makati City on Sept. 24.

Residents arm themselves with bottles and other objects to be thrown at police during a demolition operation in Makati City on Sept. 24.

Demolition crews dismantle shanties in the Makati financial district of Manila on Sept. 24.

An illegal settler cries with her husband as they are detained by a member of the SWAT police team.

Residents battle with police during the demolition of their shanties.

John Harris stands next to his family: wife Remedios (who holds Joshua, 3), Jamie, 11, John, 16, and Joyce, 8, at the small space where they live under a bridge in Manila, Philippines on August 21, 2012 . John is a construction worker making 250 pesos ($6) a day. The family live in a small space under a bridge alongside many other impoverished families.

Irish Romes, 19, holds her 2-week-old baby Jay at the place where she lives with her family next to a highway in the slums of Binondo, Manila on August 21, 2012.

A man stands next to the door of his room under a bridge in Manila on August 21, 2012. Families cram into small rooms under a bridge so they can live for free.

A man washes clothes as children look out from the small room under a bridge within which they live on August 22, 2012 in Manila.

A woman holds her daughter in their makeshift shack in the Binondo slums of Manila, which they rent for 1,000 pesos ($24) a month.

Mothers and their newborns share space on a bed after giving birth in the maternity ward at the government-run Jose Fabella maternity hospital in Manila, Philippines.

A mother is in pain while her newborn baby rests on her chest as she gets surgically sutured after giving birth in a delivery room at the Jose Fabella Hospital.

A mother is seen on the operation table next to her new baby moments after a Caesarean operation.

Mothers breast feed their babies in a special room at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.

Lornitas Calub hugs her grandson at a crowded evacuation shelter on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines. The weather is slated to deteriorate as another low pressure system makes its way to the region. According to the Office of Civil Defense, the floods left at least 96 people dead and affected up to 2.68 million people in Manila and surrounding provinces, with more than 440,000 fleeing to evacuation centers.

A man gives himself a bath at a crowded evacuation shelter on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

Displaced flood victims sleep at a crowded evacuation shelter on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

Fillippino women walk through muddy flood water to reach their home as the mud and debris continue to cause massive problems in the flood effected areas on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

A city worker helps clear debris in the ongoing flood clean up effort on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

Local residents wade through floodwaters in a street in the township of Apalit on the outskirts of Manila on Aug. 10. The number of people killed in floods that submerged most of the Philippine capital Manila and parts of surrounding provinces this week has risen to 60, the government said on Aug. 10.

Thousands of flood victims queue for food relief at a municipal building in the township of Paombong on the outskirts of Manila on Aug. 10. Thousands more Philippine flood victims crammed into evacuation centres on August 10 as waist-high water covered vast farming regions and the death toll from a week of misery rose to 60.

Locals paddling through floodwaters with the backdrop of the Makati financial district skyline in Taguig city, South of Manila, Philippines, on Aug. 10. The death toll in floods caused by days of heavy monsoon rains in the Philippine capital and northern provinces has climbed to 60 with seven people missing, the national disaster response agency said. More than half a million people were displaced by the deluge with 362,307 staying in cramped evacuation centres and 284,177 taking shelter with relatives and friends. In total, 2.44 million people were affected by the floods, the worst since 2009 when flash floods triggered by Tropical Storm Ketsana left 501 dead and missing in Manila and surrounding provinces.

Pedicabs transport commuters in a flooded street in Malabon, Metro Manila, on Aug. 10.

Net-Net Carbonilla mourns the death of her father Noli Carbonilla, 55, as she sits next to his casket surrounded by flood waters Aug. 10, in Manila, Philippines. Noli was not killed by the floods but his wake and funeral were delayed due to the flooding. As the waters began to recede the family built a platform to keep the casket above water. The death toll has climbed to more than 100 people as metro Manila dealt with nearly 2 weeks of monsoon rains effecting more than 2 million people, the worst flooding in 3 years. Phillippine residents are starting to return to their homes and cleaning up the storm damage.

A resident traverses between two buildings on a rope in Pasig City, east of Manila, Philippines, on August 9, 2012.

People stay on the rooves of their houses due to floods in Marikina City, east of Manila, on August 9, 2012.

A resident holds on to a rope as he wades through floodwaters in Marikina City on August 9, 2012. Large parts of Manila were still swamped in floods on Thursday, after continuous rains pounded the capital overnight.

Rescue workers help flood affected people return to their house near a river that overflowed in San Mateo, Rizal, suburban Manila on August 9, 2012.

This handout photo taken on August 8, 2012 and released by the Department of National Defense (DND) shows an aerial shot of floodings around Bulacan north of Manila. More than a million people in and around the Philippine capital battled deadly floods on August 8, as more monsoon rain fell, with neck-deep waters trapping both slum dwellers and the wealthy on rooftops.

A Filipino man watches from the roof of his shanty as another walks in floodwaters in Marikina City, east of Manila, Philippines, on August 8. Torrential rain and massive flooding in the Philippine capital and northern provinces forced thousands to flee their homes while hundreds more were stranded on their rooftops as the muddy waters rose.

A man uses a boat to carry people across a flooded street in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines, on Aug. 8. Widespread flooding battered a million others and paralyzed the Philippine capital began to ease Wednesday as cleanup and rescue efforts focused on a large number of distressed residents, some still marooned on their roofs.

A handout photo dated and released 08 August 2012 by the Malacanang Photo Bureau shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (C, wearing cap) riding a military truck and greeting flood-affected residents of Muntinlupa City, south of Manila, Philippines. Philippine authorities on rushed relief goods to more than 850,000 people displaced by massive floods in the capital and surrounding provinces that have killed 24 people. Rescue teams struggled to reach hundreds still stranded by the floods in Manila and northern provinces. The deluge, the worst since 2009 when flash floods killed hundreds in Manila, forced 242,211 residents to flee to evacuation centers in the capital and 11 provinces, while 607,941 people had taken refuge with relatives and friends, the Office of Civil Defense said. Rains caused by the south-west monsoon have pounded the northern Philippines since August 5. The weather bureau said the monsoon was enhanced by Typhoon Haikui, which made landfall in southern China.

A resident paddles his improvised raft under heavy rains in suburban Manila on August 8, as the capital city battled deadly floods for a second day. More than a million people in and around the Philippine capital battled deadly floods on August 8 as more monsoon rain fell.

The Philippine National Combat Wushu Team stretches during training inside their gym in Manila, Philippines on June 21.

The Philippine National Wushu Team members practice forms inside their gym in Manila, Philippines, on June 21.

Filipino fans of pop star Lady Gaga hold slogans outside the concert venue before her performance in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines, May 21. Authorities in the conservative, majority Roman Catholic country approved the concerts, set for May 21, and Tuesday, but said they won't allow nudity or lewd acts. A religious group warned they will sue Lady Gaga and concert organizers if she sings "Judas" during her concert.

Conservative Christian groups hold placards to protest against the first day of singer Lady Gaga's concert in Manila, May 21. Protesters urged authorities to cancel the show because of the singer's overly sexual content and the use and abuse of religious symbols in her music. Lady Gaga's two-day concert ends May 22.