Filipinos take part in the Black Nazarene march

A human sea of Philippine Catholic pilgrims rush towards the statue of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross, as they try to touch the statue, at the start of the annual day-long religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2012. The "Black Nazarene" march is one of the most spectacular of many religious festivals that feature throughout the year, and police estimated between two and three million people turned up on Monday to be part of the crowd. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

Philippine Catholic pilgrims scramble to touch the statue of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross during the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2012. The "Black Nazarene" march is one of the most spectacular of many religious festivals that feature throughout the year, and police estimated between two and three million people turned up on Monday to be part of the crowd. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

Philippine Catholic pilgrims carry the statue of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross, to mark the annual day-long religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2012. A human sea of Catholic pilgrims flooded the Philippine capital on January 9, to join a religious march, police said, defying government warnings of a potential terror attack on the annual festival. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

Philippine Catholic pilgrims touch the carriage of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross during the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2012. The "Black Nazarene" march is one of the most spectacular of many religious festivals that feature throughout the year, and police estimated between two and three million people turned up on Monday to be part of the crowd. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

A Philippine Catholic pilgrim walks among a sea of devotees as he tries to reach for the statue of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross during the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2012. The "Black Nazarene" march is one of the most spectacular of many religious festivals that feature throughout the year, and police estimated between two and three million people turned up on Monday to be part of the crowd. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

Hundreds of thousands of Philippine Catholic pilgrims attend a mass prior to the start of the annual day-long religious procession in honor of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross, in Manila on January 9, 2012. The "Black Nazarene" march is one of the most spectacular of many religious festivals that feature throughout the year, and police estimated between two and three million people turned up on Monday to be part of the crowd. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

A human sea of Philippine Catholic pilgrims rush towards the statue of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross, as they try to touch the statue, at the start of the annual day-long religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2012. The "Black Nazarene" march is one of the most spectacular of many religious festivals that feature throughout the year, and police estimated between two and three million people turned up on Monday to be part of the crowd. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

A human sea of Philippine Catholic pilgrims rush towards the statue of the Black Nazarene, a life-size icon of Jesus Christ carrying a cross, as they try to touch the statue, at the start of the annual day-long religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2012. The "Black Nazarene" march is one of the most spectacular of many religious festivals that feature throughout the year, and police estimated between two and three million people turned up on Monday to be part of the crowd. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

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The annual event sees a massive sea of people take part in the day-long procession, when people try to touch a life size statue of jesus Christ.

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