Lava cascaded down the slopes of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines during a gentle eruption on Monday, 12 June.<br /><br />Thousands of residents have been evacuated as a precaution in case the eruption should turn violent.<br /><br />More than 13,000 people have left the 6km (3.7 mile) radius of poor farming communities next to the volcano's crater since activity increased last week.<br /><br />However, a number of residents who live within the permanent danger zone below Mayon have stayed put.<br /><br />Generations of people have lived next to the volcano as they have nowhere else to go.
