epa05421271 Filipino protestors hold placards as they protest against China‘s territorial claims over the disputed Spratlys group of islands outside the Chinese consular office in Makati city, south of Manila, Philippines, 12 July 2016. According to the leader of the demonstrators, the mass action made ahead of the expected ruling of the International Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on a case the Philippines brought in 2013 against China’s claims in the South China Sea. EPA/FRA