Super typhoon Haiyan leaves trail of destruction - in pictures

Helicopters hover over the damaged area after Haiyan battered Tacloban Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

A mother weeps beside the body of her son at a chapel in the aftermath of Haiyan, in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

People look at a damaged bridge in Iloilo Photograph: Tara Yap/AFP/Getty Images

Children wait for food from a feeding programme sponsored by Project Pearls, in Tondo Photograph: Sherbien Dacalanio/Demotix/Corbis

A general shot shows fallen trees and destroyed houses in the aftermath of super typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

This image of shows Haiyan provided by Nasa was taken by the astronaut Karen L Nyberg aboard the international space station Photograph: Karen L. Nyberg/AP

Rescue workers carry a pregnant woman to a makeshift Department of Health medical center at the Tacloban airport Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

An aerial view shows damaged houses along the coast of Iloilo Province, central Philippines Photograph: Reuters

Filipino soldiers disembark at the devastated airport in Tacloban, Leyte Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

Filipinos carry a victim of the super typhoon in Tacloban Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

A Filipino boy stands among debris in Tacloban Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

Bureau of fire protection volunteers pack relief goods bound for hard-hit areas of the southern Philippines, at a government warehouse in Manila Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images

Residents wait for relief goods at the damaged Tacloban airport Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Typhoon victims wait for help in the devastated city of Tacloban Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

A Philippine flag flutters atop the control tower of the damaged airport at Tacloban Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Residents return to their houses after leaving an evacuation site in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

Rice fields are left flooded by the typhoon Photograph: Reuters

A truck is seen slammed into a tree Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

A mother and her son walk under damaged electric cables in Tacloban city, central Philippines Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Houses near the airport of Tacloban city were flattened in the wake of the typhoon Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters