Philippines anti-drug crackdown

More than 750 people have been killed in police anti-narcotics operations since July 1 – the day after President Rodrigo Duterte came to power – while a further 1,200 deaths are being investigated as vigilante killings

Suspect drug dealer and users killed by police

Jun 30: President Rodrigo Duterte, 71, sworn in. Duterte, nicknamed “the Punisher”, promised to wipe out crime in his first six months in office

JUL 10 20 AUG 10 20

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Jul 9: 25 deaths Jul 18-21: 67 Jul 27-29: 61 Aug 3: 30 Aug 11: 21 Aug 28: 11

Aug 18: 19 deaths United Nations calls on Duterte to end wave of extrajudicial killings

Jul 1-Aug 29: 751 people killed by police

Compiled by Sara Isabelle Pacia, NewsLab, and Almi Atienza, Inquirer Research

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer

Picture: Associated Press