Despite flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains, Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar decided to stick to their planned wedding date yesterday, and held the ceremony inside a flooded church in the Philippines.

A newlywed couple kisses after a wedding ceremony inside a church that has been flooded, with about a foot of standing floodwater.Aaron Favila / APNewlyweds Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar kiss during their wedding in the flooded Barasoain church in Malolos, Bulacan province, Philippines on July 22, 2025.A bride with a long, flowing train, stands in foot-deep floodwater outside a church.Aaron Favila / APBride Jamaica Aguilar prepares to enter the flooded Barasoain church for her wedding in Malolos on July 22, 2025.Wedding guests walk inside a flooded church.Aaron Favila / APWedding guests walk inside the flooded Barasoain church on July 22, 2025.A top-down view of several pairs of shoes on a church pew, surrounded by shallow floodwaterAaron Favila / APWedding guests leave their shoes on a pew above the high-water mark during the ceremony.A bride walks down the aisle of a church, through foot-deep floodwater.Aaron Favila / APThe bride, Jamaica Aguilar, walks down the aisle during her wedding ceremony.Groomsmen and guests with their pant legs rolled up stand in floodwater.Aaron Favila / APGroomsmen and guests with their pant legs rolled up stand in floodwater inside Barasoain church on July 22, 2025.Five bridesmaids stand and sit among the pews in a flooded church.Aaron Favila / APBridesmaids stand among the pews.Wedding guests lean out over a flooded church aisle to watch the ceremony.Aaron Favila / APGuests lean out over the flooded aisle to watch the wedding ceremony.A couple sits together on a small bench during a wedding ceremony in a flooded church.Aaron Favila / APJade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar sit together during their wedding ceremony.A newlywed couple walks together down a flooded church aisle.Aaron Favila / APNewlyweds Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar walk down the aisle, hand in hand, during their wedding.Guests cheer as a newlywed couple shares a kiss inside a flooded church.Aaron Favila / APGuests cheer as the newlywed couple shares a kiss inside the flooded Barasoain church in Malolos, Philippines, on July 22, 2025.

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