In pictures: Rescue hopes fade

The search continues for survivors of a landslide in the Philippines, after the village of Guinsaugon was obliterated.

In places the mud which engulfed the village and its hundreds of homes is tens of metres deep.

Continuing heavy rain - which contributed to Friday's landslide - is hampering rescue efforts.

In some places rescuers dig with shovels in the hope of reaching survivors entombed below.

But as time wears on, the chances of finding anyone alive is fading.

As bodies are recovered, so begins the grim task of identifying the victims.

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has pledged to rebuild the community.

Anxious villagers can do little but watch and wait, as the rescue and recovery operation goes on.

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