Myanmar devastation

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A satellite view before and after the cyclone's passage. (Picture: Keystone/EPA/Nasa/Modis) Keystone

An aerial shot shows flooded rice fields on the outskirts of the former capital Yangon. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

Yangon residents try to fill their buckets with scarce clean water. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

Residents line up to get rice in the town of Phyar Pon. (Picture: Reuters) Reuters

Monks cut toppled trees outside a pagoda and monastery in Kyauktan Township, southern Myanmar. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

A pier snapped by the cyclone in Yangon. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

Power supplies have been disrupted: a fallen electric pole in Yangon. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

Men work to salvage a steel roof from the mud on the banks of the Yangon River. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

The damaged statue of Buddha at the Aung Zey Yong Pagoda and monastery in Kyauktan Township. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

Monks remove a roof at a damaged temple on the outskirts of Yangon. (Picture: Keystone/AP) Keystone

Ground crew in Singapore prepare one of the first aerial shipments of international relief supplies to Myanmar. (Picture:Keystone/EPA/Law Kian Yan) Keystone

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Picking up the pieces after Cyclone Nargis.

Myanmar was left reeling after being hit in 2008 by Nargis, which killed around 140,000 people and left many towns almost totally destroyed. International relief efforts were hampered by the military regime’s reluctance to let in outsiders.