Visitors take selfies at the historic Red Beach in Palo, Leyte, on Sunday, October 19, 2025, where General Douglas MacArthur and the Allied forces landed in 1944 to begin the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation.
The site, now marked by statues of MacArthur and his men, draws crowds each year as the nation commemorates the 81st anniversary of the Leyte Landing-an event that turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific.
NONIE REYES