Carlos Yulo gives a shout after getting his second gold medal in the men’s vault final at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan’s Nagoya General Gymnasium on Sept. 25, 2026. Iran’s Mahdi Olfati claimed the silver medal while Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Ki rounded out the podium, taking home the bronze. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE PHILIPPINE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (POC)
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Members of the Bureau of Corrections secure the gates of the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City on Sept. 25, 2026, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Mary Jane Veloso’s absolute pardon. Veloso was detained for over 14 years in Indonesia, where she was initially placed on death row for drug trafficking. Veloso's sentence was commuted after the late president Benigno Aquino III requested her release to then-Indonesian president Joko Widodo. Veloso will be released to her family upon their arrival at the Corrections facility around midnight. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
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