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Typhoon Haiyan slams the Philippines Thousands are feared dead after a massive storm lashes the archipelago with sustained winds exceeding 140 mph.
Nov. 11, 2013
Residents hug each other, reuniting after Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban, Philippines. Survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine, threatening to overwhelm military and rescue resources.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2013
Residents pick up pieces of wood in between two cargo ships washed ashore four days after Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban. The storm swept through the central Philippines, killing an estimated 10,000 people.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2013
Women and children evacuate the area on a boat in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh province, 112 miles from Hanoi. Thirteen people were killed and dozens hurt during heavy winds and storms in Vietnam as Haiyan approached the coast, state media reported, even though it had weakened substantially after hitting the Philippines.
Kham
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2013
Children are seen from a worn-out Philippine flag amid the rubble in the typhoon-devastated town of Hernani, Philippines. Authorities appealed for calm after one of the world’s strongest typhoons left survivors desperate for food and water.
Dennis M. Sabangan
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 11, 2013
Newborn Bea Joy is held as mother Emily Ortega, 21, rests after giving birth at an improvised clinic at Tacloban airport. Bea Joy was named after her grandmother Beatrice, who was missing after the onslaught of Typhoon Haiyan. Ortega was in an evacuation center when the storm surge hit and flooded the city. She had to swim to survive before finding safety at the airport.
Bullit Marquez
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AP
Nov. 11, 2013
A tourist boat is seen sinking in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday as a tropical storm.
Hau Dinh
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AP
Nov. 11, 2013
This aerial photo shows uprooted coconut trees on a hill near the town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar province in the central Philippines only days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the town.
Ted Aljibe
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 11, 2013
A mother cries in relief upon boarding a Philippine air force helicopter following Typhoon Haiyan, which lashed Guiuan, Philippines.
Bullit Marquez
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AP
Nov. 11, 2013
Survivors look up at a military C-130 plane as it arrives at typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines.
Aaron Favila
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AP
Nov. 11, 2013
A resident paints an appeal for help in the typhoon-devastated city of Tacloban.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 11, 2013
Children hold signs asking for help and food along the highway in Cebu province, central Philippines.
Charlie Saceda
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2013
Residents carry relief goods in Tacloban.
Noel Celis
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 11, 2013
Residents line up to receive treatment and relief supplies at Tacloban airport.
Bullit Marquez
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AP
Nov. 10, 2013
Survivors walk by a large ship after it was washed ashore because of strong waves caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines.
Aaron Favila
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AP
Nov. 10, 2013
Filipinos walk past ships washed ashore in the devastated city of Tacloban.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 10, 2013
Two boys look at the devastation in Tacloban.
Dondi Tawatao
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Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2013
A father and his children wait for food relief outside their makeshift tent in Tacloban.
Dennis M. Sabangan
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 10, 2013
A man stands atop debris as residents salvage belongings from the ruins of their houses in Tacloban.
Erik De Castro
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Reuters
Nov. 10, 2013
A resident who survived Typhoon Haiyan cries inside a stadium used as an evacuation center in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit areas in the Philippines.
Ted Aljibe
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2013
Filipinos rush in front of a store in Tacloban.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 10, 2013
A store owner brandishes a gun to ward off a mob of people who tried to storm his grocery store in Tacloban.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 10, 2013
Villagers walk past a body on a damaged breakwall in Tacloban.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 10, 2013
Empty coffins lie on a street near houses damaged after Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 10, 2013
Children play under the statues of saints inside a Catholic church that has been converted into an evacuation center in Haiyan, central Philippines.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 10, 2013
Survivors seek refuge inside a Catholic church converted into an evacuation center after Typhoon Haiyan tore through Tacloban.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 10, 2013
Residents carry relief goods along the bay in Tacloban.
Aaron Favila
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AP
Nov. 10, 2013
Children peek out from their makeshift shelter in Tacloban.
Noel Celis
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2013
Survivors stay in their damaged house after Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 10, 2013
A body is seen at the bay of Tacloban.
Noel Celis
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2013
Residents cover their noses from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban.
Bullit Marquez
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AP
Nov. 9, 2013
An aerial view shows damaged houses on a coastal community after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo province in the central Philippines. One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall devastated the archipelago.
Raul Banias
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For Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
Residents walk near vehicles and debris floating on a river after Typhoon Haiyan devastated Tacloban.
Erik De Castro
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
A mother and her son walk under damaged electrical cables in Tacloban.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
Children ride by a body on a street in Tacloban.
Noel Celis
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 9, 2013
Bodies lie inside the Fisherman's Village Elementary School in Tacloban.
Noel Celis
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 9, 2013
Palm trees were uprooted by the typhoon in Tacloban.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 9, 2013
Tacloban residents who lost their homes use a public bus as shelter.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
Filipinos line up to receive supplies in Tacloban.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 9, 2013
An aerial shot shows a flooded area in the coastal communities of Iloilo province in the central Philippines.
Raul Banias
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 9, 2013
The village hall in Janiuay, Iloilo province, was damaged.
Nereo Lujan
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
Filipinos carry a victim in Tacloban, a city of 200,000 located about 360 miles southeast of Manila.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 9, 2013
Filipinos carry a victim in Tacloban. The Philippine Red Cross and its partners were preparing for a major relief effort “because of the magnitude of the disaster,” said the agency’s chairman, Richard Gordon.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 9, 2013
Volunteers in Manila repack rice at the Department of Social Welfare and Development for relief workers to distribute.
Jay Directo
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 9, 2013
Survivors assess the damage in Tacloban. By Saturday, the storm had cleared the Philippines, leaving devastation in its wake, as it headed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam, where it is expected to hit land Sunday.
Romeo Ranoco
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
Astronaut Karen Nyberg aboard the international space station captured this image of Typhoon Haiyan.
NASA
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via Reuters
Nov. 8, 2013
Boys play next to strong waves in a coastal village as strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered the town of Bayog, south of Manila. Haiyan, the strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land, bore down on the northern tip of Cebu province, a popular tourist destination with the second-largest city in the Philippines, after lashing the islands of Leyte and Samar with 170-mph wind gusts and 15- to 19-foot waves.
Charlie Saceda
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For Reuters
Nov. 8, 2013
Residents rush to safety past a fallen tree during strong winds brought by Typhoon Haiyan that hit Cebu, a city in the central Philippines.
Zander Casas
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Reuters
Nov. 8, 2013
Residents stand along a seawall in Legaspi, in the Philippines. The storm’s heavy winds and rains triggered landslides and knocked out power and communication lines in several provinces.
Charism Sayat
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AFP/Getty Images
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