Filipinos in Agence France Press (AFP) vs. in the Associated Press (AP). |History: The Roadmap to the Future--Asia

In response to the devastation Typhoon Fengshen rained down on the Philippines, the BBC has reported extensively on the natural disaster, though to a lesser extent than Cyclone Nargis in Burma or the Sichuan earthquake in China. As part of their reporting, the BBC has made many 'In Pictures' articles on both the capsized ferry along with the typhoon wrecking havoc in the Philippines in general.

What is interesting, looking through a 'racial' lens, is that the Filipinos depicted from Agence France Press (AFP) are noticeably darker than the Filipinos depicted from the Associated Press (AP). Furthermore, the Associated Press pictures contain more 'Mongoloid' looking Filipinos than does the AFP. A list of BBC 'In Pictures' articles is below. Neither the AFP nor the Associated Press permit free copying of images for commercial use--which the ads might make this website (do be a dear and look at the ads, by the way.... :-D). So a list of links will have to suffice.

So which organization is portraying Filipinos more accurately, Agence France Press (AFP) or the Associated Press (AP)? Haven't been to the Philippines before. However, Filipinos in this part of the world are not nearly as dark on average as those in the AFP pictures. Even taking into account that the Philippines is in the Tropics, this region of Earth also receives a fair amount of sunshine. And it wouldn't explain the facial features anyway. Based on personal experience, the Associated Press pictures are more accurate, though not because they 'make' Filipinos lighter skinned and more 'Mongoloid' in appearance, but because that is closer to how Filipinos in this part of the globe look, and personally have limited experience with large numbers of Filipinos (as in thousands). Note, the Associated Press does include quite darkly skinned Filipinos, it's just that they make up a smaller percentage than in the Agence France Press photographs.

Anyway, here are the 'In Pictures' links so you can make heads or tails of this for yourselves:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7470990.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7468565.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7467735.stm

plus ordinary articles with photographs or video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7468493.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7466978.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7470492.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7466978.stm

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