Francis is epa’s chief correspondent for the Philippines. He started working as a photographer for a local newspaper in 1989. In the early 1990s, he was assigned to accompany a rescue helicopter with government officials which crashed during a typhoon. Francis’ images of the incident won the grand prize in the 1994 Freedom Forum Awards. After several career stations he joined epa in 2007, covering mainly natural disasters, conflicts, and social issues.
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