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CYCLONE NARGIS, MYANMAR (BURMA), 2008

Images made while on assignment for Time Magazine in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma), 2008.

A home destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in a village near Kaw Hmu, in the Yangon Division of Myanmar (Burma).

A body floats at the Irrawaddy river front in Bogalay devastated by Cyclone Nargis, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

Dead bodies in a field on the bank of the Irrawaddy river at one of the villages near Bogalay devastated by Cyclone Nargis, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

A home destroyed by Cyclone Nargis is seen behind a boatman in a village near Kaw Hmu, in the Yangon Division of Myanmar (Burma).

View of a devastated village through the ruins of a school building destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in a village near Kaw Hmu, in the Yangon Division of Myanmar (Burma).

A resident stands beside a portrait of General Than Shwe in a school destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in a village near Kaw Hmu, in the Yangon Division of Myanmar (Burma).

Damaged buildings in Bogalay devastated by Cyclone Nargis, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

Damaged electrical wires hang over a street in Bogalay devastated by Cyclone Nargis, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

A Buddhist temple destroyed by Cyclone Nargis at Pyin Taung Su village on the bank of the U Yin Chaung river, on the road to Bogalay, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

Buddha statues damaged by Cyclone Nargis in a monastery at Hpayapon, on the road to Bogalay, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

Monks walk in a procession to collect alms from residents at Kawmuu town affected by Cyclone Nargis in Yangon Division of Myanmar (Burma).

Refugees made homeless by Cyclone Nargis at a monastery in Kyaiklat town, on the road to Bogalay, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

A young mother and her child, watches a family member as he repairs the roof of their rice mill and home damaged by Cyclone Nargis at Thar Yar Wae village, on the road to Bogalay, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

A child with a parasol rides in a pedicab while a young boy carries his belongings in a suitcase in Kyaiklat town damaged by Cyclone Nargis, on the road to Bogalay, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

People wait to cross the river at the Thar Yar Wae village affected by Cyclone Nargis, on the road to Bogalay, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).

A makeshift shelter at Thar Yar Wae village affected by Cyclone Nargis, on the road to Bogalay, in the Irrawaddy Division of Myanmar (Burma).