millions homeless and thousands dead...Bangladeshi cyclone

A copy of Muslim's holy Koran is placed to dry in the sun as Bangladeshi cyclone affected women clear debris from their devasted house in Chailtatoli village, on the southern coastal area of Bangladesh, 20 November 2007. Urgently-needed supplies of food, water and medicine were nearing people in remote areas of Bangladesh where a devastating cyclone has left millions homeless and thousands dead. With roads now cleared of hundreds of trees that had blocked aid convoys, officials said relief was finally starting to get through to the most inaccessible areas four days after the colossal storm hit

Cyclone affected people wait to get relief goods in Maithachomohoni village, on the southern coastal area of Bangladesh, 19 November 2007. Soldiers and relief workers raced to get aid to millions left homeless by the cyclone in Bangladesh, where the official death toll has topped 3,100 and is certain to rise. Untold numbers of survivors were in urgent need of food and water in the south, one of the poorest areas of the world, which was battered by a colossal storm 15 November that swept entire villages away.

Bangladeshi cyclone affected people wait to get relief goods in Porirkhal village, on the southern coastal area of Bangladesh, 20 November 2007. Urgently-needed supplies of food, water and medicine were nearing people in remote areas of Bangladesh where a devastating cyclone has left millions homeless and thousands dead. With roads now cleared of hundreds of trees that had blocked aid convoys, officials said relief was finally starting to get through to the most inaccessible areas four days after the colossal storm hit