Although main streets have been cleaned up, garbage and wreckage can still be seen everywhere in Tacloban. Due to the hot weather, the streets give off a strong foul smell. Sewage is everywhere on rainy days. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

A teddy bear in a "Hug Me" T-shirt lies on the roadside among the wreckage. But a simple hug is not simple anymore. Sewage fills nearby fields where bodies can still be found. A high prevalence of tuberculosis haunts the village, where you can hear constant fits of coughing. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Some of the streets in Tacloban have been cleared up. With gasoline being available, motorcycles have become the best vehicles due to the paralysis of public transport. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Near a hospital in Leyte Province, a young man catches hold of a stray pig. Due to the scarcity of supplies and poor management, the street seems to be a cruel, self-employed world in the wake of the disaster. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]