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A ribbon calling for the lifting of martial law in Mindanao is displayed during a protest by Filipino college students in Manila on June 16, 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte on May 23 imposed martial law in the Mindanao region, home to 20-million people, following deadly clashes in a mostly Muslim-populated city involving militants whom he said were trying to establish a caliphate for the Islamic State group. AFP