PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(01 of13)
Open Image ModalGovernment soldiers stand guard while manning their checkpoint along main street of Marawi city, after government troops\' continuous assault with insurgents from the so-called Maute group, who has taken over large parts of the city, in Marawi City, southern Philippines May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (credit:Romeo Ranoco / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(02 of13)
Open Image ModalGovernment soldiers take up positions in Marawi City, Philippines May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (credit:Erik de Castro / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(03 of13)
Open Image ModalA Philippine Marine runs for cover near the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi City, southern Philippines May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (credit:Erik de Castro / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(04 of13)
Open Image ModalA government soldier taking a break stands near a military vehicle inside a military camp in Marawi City, southern Philippines May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (credit:Erik de Castro / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(05 of13)
Open Image ModalPhilippine Marines aim their weapons towards the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi City, southern Philippines May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (credit:Erik de Castro / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(06 of13)
Open Image ModalGovernment soldiers fighting the Maute group take a break inside a military camp in Marawi City, southern Philippines May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (credit:Erik de Castro / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-UNREST-MILITARY-CONFLICT(07 of13)
Open Image ModalA father holds his baby inside a covered basketball court turned into an evacuation center for the Marawi City evacuees at Maria Cristina Barangay Hall in Iligan, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on June 8, 2017.\nNearly 200 people have been reported killed since militants flying black flags of the Islamic State group went on a rampage in Marawi, the main Muslim city in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, on May 23. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOEL CELIS via Getty Images)
PHILIPPINES-UNREST-CONFLICT(08 of13)
Open Image ModalBlindfolded suspected self-styled Islamic State (IS) group members are transported in a police vehicle after being captured in a village in Marawi City on the southern island of Mindanao on June 3, 2017. \nHundreds of Islamist gunmen rampaged through the city of 200,000, the Islamic capital of the mainly Catholic Philippines, on May 23 after government forces attempted to arrest their leader, Isnilon Hapilon. Up to 50 gunmen continued to control downtown Marawi nearly two weeks later with at least 15 hostages including a Catholic priest, with some being used as human shields, the military said. / AFP PHOTO / Noel CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOEL CELIS via Getty Images)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(09 of13)
Open Image ModalSmoke billows behind a mosque in a residential neighbourhood in Marawi City due to fighting between government soldiers and the Maute militant group, in southern Philippines May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (credit:Erik de Castro / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(10 of13)
Open Image ModalSmoke rises in the residential neighbourhood of Marawi City as fighting rages between government soldiers and the Maute militant group, in southern Philippines May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (credit:Erik de Castro / Reuters)
PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/(11 of13)
Open Image ModalResidents walk on a grassy area to the evacuation center after government troops assault with insurgents from the so-called Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi City, southern Philippines May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (credit:Romeo Ranoco / Reuters)
TOPSHOT-PHILIPPINES-UNREST-MILITARY-CONFLICT(12 of13)
Open Image ModalTOPSHOT - A Muslim policeman prays inside a building riddled with bullet holes as a mosque is reflected on a glass window during a lull in fighting in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on May 29, 2017.\nSecurity forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city on May 29, as fears grew for up to 2,000 people unable to escape a week of fighting that has left women and children among the dead. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TED ALJIBE via Getty Images)
PHILIPPINES-UNREST-MILITARY-CONFLICT(13 of13)
Open Image ModalPhilippine marines stand guard as they show rifles, grenades, and military uniforms recovered in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on May 29, 2017.\nSecurity forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city on May 29, as fears grew for up to 2,000 people unable to escape a week of fighting that has left women and children among the dead. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TED ALJIBE via Getty Images)