After the storm
Updated: 2013-12-15 08:13
By Wang Jing(China Daily)
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Two in five victims of the recent Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines were children. While the storm has left the country, the trauma remains. China Daily photographer Wang Jing visits the places where children suffered.
Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, struck the Philippines in early November, claiming at least 5,700 lives and leaving a spectacular trail of destruction. As always, children have proven the most vulnerable to trauma. They may have survived the disaster but many have lost loved ones and their dwellings. They're psychologically fragile. UNICEF Philippines' spokesperson Kent Page says the United Nations estimates about 4 million children have been affected.
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Children play basketball on the streets of Cebu island. Photos by Wang Jing / China Daily |
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A baby lies in a sheet slung like a hammock used as a makeshift cradle. |
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Two girls take care of their baby sister. |
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Children walk through a haze of disinfectant sprayed to prevent disease outbreaks following the disaster. |
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A boy sits on the back of a pew in a church in the coastal town of Tacloban. The settlement has a population of 200,000 and was the site most devastated by the storm. |
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Children play among the husks of houses damaged by the typhoon. Many of the teetering structures are dangerous. |
(China Daily 12/15/2013 page6)