News in photos: US soldiers fold their national flag as Balikatan exercises with PHL close

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Members of US marines guards fold their national flag during the closing ceremony of the annual joint US-Philippines military exercise in Manila on May 19, 2017. The Philippines and the United States launched annual military exercises on May 8 but the longtime allies scaled them down which focuses only on counter-terrorism and disaster relief in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's pivot to China and Russia. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE
Members of US marines guards fold their national flag during the closing ceremony of the annual joint US-Philippines military exercise in Manila on May 19, 2017.
The Philippines and the United States launched annual military exercises on May 8 but the longtime allies scaled them down which focuses only on counter-terrorism and disaster relief in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s pivot to China and Russia. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE