RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Family members use an improvised raft to carry a dead relative during a funeral procession on a flooded street caused by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, in Taytay Rizal, east of Manila September 30, 2009. The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Ketsana rose to 246 while the economic cost was nearly $100 million, officials said. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
(PHILIPPINES ENVIRONMENT DISASTER OBITUARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)