The Metro Manila police have reported that seven million devotees joined the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila on Sunday.
The Black Nazarene is a wooden statue of Jesus Christ, crowned with thorns and bearing a cross, and is believed to have been brought by Spanish missionaries from Mexico to Manila in 1606.
It is believed that the ship that carried the statue caught fire, and the statue, while it survived, was charred. This is how it came to be known as the "Black Nazarene".
The statue has survived fires and earthquakes through the centuries, and intense bombings during World War II.
During the feast, people will try to touch, kiss or wipe clothing on the Black Nazarene in the hope of acquiring graces or miracles.
Metro Manila police chief Director Nicanor Bartolome said the festivities were "generally peaceful" even though the number of those who were injured was nearly three times higher than the figure recorded last year. There were 708 injuries in the estimated 7 million attendees but all of these were minor.