Hurricane Matthew — in pictures

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  Haitians cross the river La Digue in Petit Goave where a bridge collapsed during the rains of the Hurricane Matthew, south-west of Port-au-Prince. Hector Retamal / AFP Photo

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  A flooded river and destroyed houses in Jeremie, Haiti. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

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  A woman looks for valuables in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

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  People walk down the street next to destroyed houses in Jeremie. At least 23 people were killed in Haiti, a toll likely to climb as authorities re-establish contact with the hardest-hit areas Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

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  Aviation authorities reported counting 3,214 destroyed homes along the southern peninsula, where many families live in shacks with sheet metal roofs. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

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  The government has estimated at least 350,000 people need some kind of assistance after the disaster, which UN deputy special representative for Haiti Mourad Wahba has called the country’s worst humanitarian crisis since the devastating earthquake of 2010. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

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  International aid groups are already appealing for donations to sustain a lengthy recovery effort in Haiti. Logan Abassi / Unicef / AFP Photo

Two days after Hurricane Matthew rampaged across Haiti’s remote southwestern peninsula with roaring winds and flooding rains, local authorities and international aid workers still lack a clear picture of the storm’s destruction.