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Lula joins Marcos on Manila's red carpet for summit welcome

MIRROR NOW's compilation follows Albanese and Brunei's sultan from the aircraft steps, then moves inside for a Brazil-Philippines document exchange.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 41,305 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (1,823).

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  1. 0:00Anthony Albanese receives a floral garland, inspects the guard of honor and leaves in a diplomatic car.
  2. 1:06Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah exchanges greetings with Philippine officials after disembarking.
  3. 1:50Ferdinand Marcos Jr. welcomes Lula, and the presidents review the military honor guard together.
  4. 2:33Brazilian and Philippine delegations hold a bilateral document signing and exchange.
  5. 2:56The compilation repeats its opening arrival and reception footage rather than showing diplomatic discussions.

receives a floral garland before inspecting the guard of honor. Brunei's Sultan exchanges handshakes on the tarmac. For Brazil's , the welcome includes a red-carpet walk alongside Philippine President

Those carefully arranged greetings are the substance of MIRROR NOW's Manila summit compilation, which drew about 34,000 views in its first 16 hours. That is already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos.

The footage brings together arrivals and receptions around the , a gathering centered on Southeast Asian cooperation whose related meetings also draw leaders from outside the region. Lula's reception moves beyond the military ceremony: Brazilian and Philippine delegates take part in a bilateral document signing and exchange.

Despite the title's reference to diplomatic talks, this is a look at the formal welcomes, not an account of negotiations or their results. The initial sequence reaches the document exchange before the three-minute mark; the compilation then repeats the arrivals and Lula's reception rather than moving into substantive speeches.

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The facts
Channel
MIRROR NOW
Subscribers
2,370,000
Channel views, last 7 days
7,815,265
Channel views, pace per day
1,260,473 (on a normal day: 1,211,482)
Video published
November 14, 2026
Video views so far
33,999 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
41,305

The numbers

The Manila compilation is drawing an unusually large audience for a regular MIRROR NOW upload, while the channel's overall daily views are only slightly above usual.

the video's first day
usual first day here
1,823
this video
41,305
subscribers
2,370,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
1,312,576,187
views per day
1,260,473
typical day: 1,211,482
the video
views
33,999
likes
185
comments
14
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
CTV News
2,430,000
MIRROR NOW
2,370,000
ITV News
2,280,000
As of November 15, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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