Filipinos continue to pay their last respects to the late Pope Francis as they lined up at the Embassy of the Holy See-Apostolic Nunciature situated along Taft Avenue, Manila. "It is really a joy to witness the outpouring of affection for Pope Francis that we're seeing today.

Lashed by an off-season typhoon, Pope Francis stepped out on a rain-soaked makeshift stage in front of hundreds of thousands of weeping pilgrims in the central Philippines. Organisers had warned him to cancel the 2015 open air mass in Tacloban as the weather had worsened.