Full story by Reuters:
Thousands of Filipinos lined up across a football field in Manila to mark the start of Lent by forming a human cross they hoped would go down as the world's biggest.
Officials at the University of Santo Tomas, a Catholic university that at 400 years old is the nation's oldest, said the Ash Wednesday event was also a proclamation of the school's stand against abortion and a controversial bill on reproductive health currently being debated.
More than 20,000 people, including students, faculty members and university personnel, the students wearing black t-shirts or white school uniforms, stood side by side to form a two-colored Dominican cross while prayers were recited and songs sung.
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