Airport baggage handlers load aid bound
for Myanmar onto a commercial aircraft
in Singapore May 7, 2008. Disease,
hunger and thirst pose a major threat to
hundreds of thousands of survivors of
Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on
Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military
rulers to open the doors to
international humanitarian relief.
REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE)
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An airport baggage handler loads aid
bound for Myanmar onto a commercial
aircraft in Singapore May 7, 2008.
Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major
threat to hundreds of thousands of
survivors of Cyclone Nargis, aid
agencies said on Wednesday, urging
Myanmar's military rulers to open the
doors to international humanitarian
relief. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE)
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An activist (C) plays the role of a
cyclone victim during a rally outside
the building housing the Myanmar Embassy
in Makati City, Metro Manila May 7, 2008.
The activists were demanding the
military government speed up disaster
relief to the cyclone damaged areas and
to postpone the upcoming referendum.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)
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An activist plays the role of a cyclone
victim during a rally outside the
building housing the Myanmar Embassy in
Makati City, Metro Manila May 7, 2008.
The activists were demanding the
military government speed up disaster
relief to the cyclone damaged areas and
to postpone the upcoming referendum.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)
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Activists hold placards during a rally
outside the building housing the Myanmar
Embassy in Makati City, Metro Manila May
7, 2008. The activists were demanding
the military government speed up
disaster relief to the cyclone damaged
areas and to postpone the upcoming
referendum. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (
PHILIPPINES)
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An activist holds a placard during a
rally outside the building housing the
Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Metro
Manila May 7, 2008. The activists were
demanding the military government speed
up disaster relief to the cyclone
damaged areas and to postpone the
upcoming referendum. REUTERS/Romeo
Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)
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A Thai air force personnel load medical
supplies on a military transport plane
on bounding for Myanmar on May 7, 2008
at Bangkok's Air Force base. Disease,
hunger and thirst pose a major threat to
hundreds of thousands of survivors of
Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on
Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military
rulers to open the doors to
international humanitarian relief. With
22,500 dead and 41,000 missing, most of
them from a massive storm surge that
washed over the Irrawaddy delta, it is
the most devastating cyclone to hit Asia
since 1991, when 143,000 people died in
neighbouring Bangladesh. REUTERS/Sukree
Sukplang (THAILAND)
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A Thai air force personnel load food and
disaster supplies for shipment to
Myanmar at the military airport in
Bangkok May 7, 2008. Disease, hunger and
thirst pose a major threat to hundreds
of thousands of survivors of Cyclone
Nargis, aid agencies said on Wednesday,
urging Myanmar's military rulers to open
the doors to international humanitarian
relief. With 22,500 dead and 41,000
missing, most of them from a massive
storm surge that washed over the
Irrawaddy delta, it is the most
devastating cyclone to hit Asia since
1991, when 143,000 people died in
neighbouring Bangladesh. REUTERS/Sukree
Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Thai air force personnel load medical
supplies on a military transport plane
on bounding for Myanmar on May 7, 2008
at Bangkok's Air Force base. Disease,
hunger and thirst pose a major threat to
hundreds of thousands of survivors of
Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on
Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military
rulers to open the doors to
international humanitarian relief. With
22,500 dead and 41,000 missing, most of
them from a massive storm surge that
washed over the Irrawaddy delta, it is
the most devastating cyclone to hit Asia
since 1991, when 143,000 people died in
neighbouring Bangladesh. REUTERS/Sukree
Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Residents work to remove trees that have
fallen on a house in Hling Thar Yar on
the outskirts of Yangon, May 6, 2008,
after Cyclone Nargis slammed into
Myanmar's main city on Saturday. Myanmar'
s military government raised its death
toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to
nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000
missing, nearly all of them from a
massive storm surge that swept into the
Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/Strinnger (
MYANMAR)
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Residents work to remove fallen trees on
a road in Hling Thar Yar on the
outskirts of Yangon, May 6, 2008, after
Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's
main city on Saturday. Myanmar's
military government raised its death
toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to
nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000
missing, nearly all of them from a
massive storm surge that swept into the
Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/Strinnger (
MYANMAR)
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People stand next to an advertisement
tower that had fallen on a street in
Yangon May 6, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis
slammed into Myanmar's main city on
Saturday. Myanmar's military government
raised its death toll from Cyclone
Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with
a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of
them from a massive storm surge that
swept into the Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/
Strringer (MYANMAR)
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People wash up and collect water on a
street in Yangon May 6, 2008, after
Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's
main city on Saturday. Myanmar's
military government raised its death
toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to
nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000
missing, nearly all of them from a
massive storm surge that swept into the
Irrawaddy delta. REUTERS/Strringer (
MYANMAR)
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