Cyclone Nargis seen from above

A Ikonos satellite image illustrating the devastation cyclone Nargis brought to Burma. This tiny village was located about 27km south of Rangoon Photograph: Barcroft Media

An Ikonos satellite image following the cyclone. The trees and buildings are completely gone, replaced by piles of rubble Photograph: Barcroft Media

Burmese women feed their infants at a refugee camp in Shwe Pyi Tha township Photograph: Getty

A cyclone survivor feeds her child at a temple while waiting for aid Photograph: Khin Maung/AFP

A broken temple in the Irrawaddy delta Photograph: AP

A flooded village is seen in an aerial photograph. The official death toll has reached 28,453, though the UN estimates 100,000 died Photograph: Kittinun Rodsupan /Reuters

US marines remove cargo nets from pallets of food, water and emergency supplies aimed for Burma Photograph: U.S. Navy/Getty

US air force crews load aid supplies to a cargo plane to assist victims of the cyclone in Thailand Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

People reach for rice and water from a local donator in the village of Thongwa Photograph: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

A woman clears wreckage from the cyclone on the outskirts of Rangoon Photograph: Getty

The extent of damage in the region of Lat Put Tar following cyclone Nargis Photograph: STR/EPA

Homeless people find shelter at a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Rangoon Photograph: Getty

Monks walk past trees damaged by the cyclone on the outskirts of the badly damaged Bogalay in southern Burma Photograph: AP

Survivors of cyclone Nargis wait for rescue in Irrawaddy, where an estimated 1.9 million people are homeless Photograph: Rex Features

An aerial view of the damage in the Irrawaddy delta Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features