Admittedly I did not feel any animus towards Duterte's all out war on drugs but this isn't a good look.

The Philippine government estimates that more than 6,252 people have been gunned down by the police and "unknown assailants" since former President Rodrigo Duterte declared a "war on drugs" in 2016, when he won the election. Rights groups say the numbers could actually run into the tens of thousands.

Police say the victims were drug lords or peddlers, who they often killed in "self defence" during shoot-outs. But many families claim their sons, brothers or husbands were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

You can almost guarantee that it was not abnormal at all for personal scores to be settled like this and for loads of innocents to be caught in the crossfire.

Philippines: Bone diggers seek justice for dead in Duterte's drug war

A priest and a forensic pathologist are collecting evidence that may one day be used in court.

^{By Linda Pressly (BBC News)}