Cynthia's Sari-Sari Store

This webcam hangs inside Cynthia Store, a family-run sari-sari store in Davao's Agdao district. The Philippines runs on shops like this: an estimated 1.3 million sari-sari stores handle the daily shopping of roughly 94 percent of Filipino consumers, one sachet at a time.

Sari-sari means "variety", and the shelves prove it: canned goods stacked to the ceiling, instant noodles, soap and shampoo in single-use sachets. Neighbours drift in for one egg or a cold soft drink, and the family behind the counter happily plays to its audience.

The store keeps long Filipino hours, from early morning to late evening (UTC+8), with the after-school and after-work rushes the busiest. In the third week of August, Kadayawan, Davao's week-long harvest festival, takes over the streets outside.