• Residents carry a mattress taken from a hotel in Palo, in the eastern island of Leyte. Noel Celis / AFP
    Residents carry a mattress taken from a hotel in Palo, in the eastern island of Leyte. Noel Celis / AFP
  • Tacloban city remains littered with debris, and there are shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the province. Aaron Favila / AP
    Tacloban city remains littered with debris, and there are shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the province. Aaron Favila / AP
  • Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands, leaving a swathe of destruction and thousands dead. Aaron Favila / AP
    Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands, leaving a swathe of destruction and thousands dead. Aaron Favila / AP
  • People seek refuge inside a Catholic church converted into an evacuation centre. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
    People seek refuge inside a Catholic church converted into an evacuation centre. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
  • Residents stand under a shelter surrounded by debris washed inland along a road in Tacloban. Ted Aljibe / AFP
    Residents stand under a shelter surrounded by debris washed inland along a road in Tacloban. Ted Aljibe / AFP
  • Empty coffins lie on a street near damaged houses. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
    Empty coffins lie on a street near damaged houses. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
  • Palo, eastern island of Leyte. Noel Celis / AFP
    Palo, eastern island of Leyte. Noel Celis / AFP
  • A Filipino family with their month-old baby in what is left of their home in Madridejos, Bantayan Island, Cebu province. Jay Rommel Labra / EPA
    A Filipino family with their month-old baby in what is left of their home in Madridejos, Bantayan Island, Cebu province. Jay Rommel Labra / EPA
  • The airport at Tacloban city, Leyte province in the central Philippines. Bullit Marquez / AP
    The airport at Tacloban city, Leyte province in the central Philippines. Bullit Marquez / AP
  • Residents salvage furniture from a hotel in Palo, in the eastern island of Leyte. Noel Celis / AFP
    Residents salvage furniture from a hotel in Palo, in the eastern island of Leyte. Noel Celis / AFP

In pictures: Super Typhoon Haiyan’s aftermath


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