Residents of Navotas, near Manila, enjoy the large waves slamming into the seawall as tropical storm Aere brings heavy seas and much rain to the Philippines.

热带风暴“艾利”给菲律宾带来了巨大海浪和大量雨水，马尼拉附近的纳沃塔斯市市民正在享受冲击海塘的大海浪。

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Waves batter a merchant vessel stranded along the coast during a heavy storm in Valparaiso City, Chile, 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago on July 6, 2010.

波在一面糊在瓦尔帕莱索市，智利，121公里，2010年7月6日(75英里)的圣地亚哥西北部大暴雨一商船沿海岸搁浅。

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And the people who should be the demanding employers -- the citizens -- are tossed about in the heavy waves of the political storm, as if they are mere bystanders who have no standing in all of this.

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