It's now one week after Super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall, wreaking unprecedented damage and killing thousands. The islands of Leyte and Samar were hardest hit, with entire cities and towns reduced to rubble and debris. The past week was a desperate one for survivors as they struggled to find food, clean water, shelter, and security. Widespread destruction left roads impassable, electricity cut, government services in a shambles, and 600,0000 homeless. International aid is only now starting to arrive in significant amounts, and bodies are still being discovered among the debris. See also this earlier post on In Focus.
The Philippines: One Week After Typhoon Haiyan
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Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan react as a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft takes off after delivering relief goods in Guiuan, Philippines, on November 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. #
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A super typhoon Haiyan survivor poses with her name displayed on a tablet in Samar province, on November 11, 2013. Photographer John Javellana was asked by several groups of Haiyan survivors to post their photos on social media sites identifying some of those who made it through the storm which swept through the central Philippines so that loved ones know they are alive. #
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Covered bodies of typhoon victims are left in front of a damaged house in the village area of Tacloban, on November 13, 2013, five days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the area. Desperation gripped Philippine islands devastated by Typhoon Haiyan as looting turned deadly on Wednesday and survivors panicked over delays in supplies of food, water and medicine, some digging up underground water pipes and smashing them open. #
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One of the statues of the team of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur reeanacting his historic landing lies face down in the water after falling at the height of super typhoon Haiyan in Palo, Leyte province, on November 12, 2013. #
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Young volunteers carry a corpse of a victim of Typhoon Haiyan during a mass burial on the outskirts of Tacloban, on November 14, 2013. Scores of decaying bodies were laid in mass graves on November 14 as overwhelmed Philippines authorities grappled with disposal of the dead, while the living begged for help after the typhoon disaster. #
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A statue stands among the debris of the city's university in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte, on November 14, 2013. An image of this same scene, photographed in 2008, can be viewed here. #
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A young girl walks her brother to the Tacloban City Convention Center known as the Astrodome, on November 14, 2013, where hundreds of displaced typhoon survivors have set up makeshift shelters throughout the complex's once bustling shops and popular basketball court. For the thousands of people jamming the Tacloban City Astrodome, the great halls with a solid roof was a heaven-sent refuge when Typhoon Haiyan rammed eastern Philippines. #
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A woman helps her daughter dry herself after she took a bath inside the Tacloban City Convention Centre, also known as the "Astrodome", where she and her family are temporarily staying, on November 14, 2013. #
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A wrecked van lies amid felled trees in Tacloban City on November 14, 2013 in Tacloban. Countries all over the world have pledged relief aid to help support those affected by the typhoon however damage to the airport and roads have made moving the aid into the most affected areas very difficult. With dead bodies left out in the open air and very limited food, water and shelter, health concerns are growing. #
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An aerial photo shows oil spilled around a government-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) power barge after it ran aground when super typhoon Haiyan hit Estancia town, north of Iloilo, central Philippines, on November 14, 2013. #
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An oil spill, resulting from of a government-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) power barge running aground when super typhoon Haiyan hit Estancia town, on November 14, 2013. #
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Survivors wait for aid and relief from the Philippines military along the coast affected by Typhoon Haiyan, on November 14, 2013 in Hernani, eastern Samar, central Philippines. #
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The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) sits off the coast of the Philippines in a July 1, 2012 photo. The USNS Mercy was activated November 13, 2013 to be ready to support disaster relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. #
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A young Filipino girl smiles as she and her brother receive their first bag of food aid at a center in Tacloban in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 14, 2013. #
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A homemade casket sits on the side of the road as curfew approaches on November 14, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan which ripped through Philippines last week has been described as one of the most powerful typhoons ever to hit land, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. #
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