Newlyweds Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar kiss during their wedding in the flooded Barasoain church in Malolos, Bulacan province, Philippines on July 22, 2025.
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Bride Jamaica Aguilar prepares to enter the flooded Barasoain church for her wedding in Malolos on July 22, 2025.
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Wedding guests walk inside the flooded Barasoain church on July 22, 2025.
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Wedding guests leave their shoes on a pew above the high-water mark during the ceremony.
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The bride, Jamaica Aguilar, walks down the aisle during her wedding ceremony.
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Groomsmen and guests with their pant legs rolled up stand in floodwater inside Barasoain church on July 22, 2025.
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Bridesmaids stand among the pews.
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Guests lean out over the flooded aisle to watch the wedding ceremony.
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Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar sit together during their wedding ceremony.
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Newlyweds Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar walk down the aisle, hand in hand, during their wedding.
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Guests cheer as the newlywed couple shares a kiss inside the flooded Barasoain church in Malolos, Philippines, on July 22, 2025.
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