New ambassadors to the Philippines
present their letters of credence to President Duterte (below, right) during a virtual presentation of credentials at Malacañang on Dec. 2. The new ambassadors are (top row, from left) Claudio Rojas Rachel of Chile, Ahmed Shehabeldin Ibrahim of Egypt, Juha Markus Pyykkö of Finland, Titanilla Tóth of Hungary; (bottom row, from left) Shambhu Kumaran of India, Imtiaz Ahmad Kazi of Pakistan and Marat Pavlov of Russia.