TOPSHOTS Officer workers ride on a makeshift raft made of styrofoam after a sudden heavy downpour inundated streets in the financial district of Manila on August 12, 2015, stranding thousands of commuters and office workers, with the weather bureau saying the downpour was caused by thunderstorm. Hundreds of people are killed in natural disasters each year in the Philippines, which is battered by an average of 20 typhoons and tropical storms annually. AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE