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In pictures: Irma devastates British Virgin Islands

News imagePaul Blake/BBC Debris and an overturned car on British Virgin islandsPaul Blake/BBC
Irma - a category five hurricane - struck the islands last Wednesday, causing widespread devastation
News imagePaul Blake/BBC Residents look at downed power lines on British Virgin IslandsPaul Blake/BBC
A BBC team has been on the ground for a few hours, sending these images from an area where most communications are still cut off
News imagePaul Blake/BBC Devastation on British Virgin IslandsPaul Blake/BBC
At least five people are known to have been killed and a curfew has been imposed
News imagePaul Blake/BBC Damaged houses, felled trees and an overturned vehicle on British Virgin IslandsPaul Blake/BBC
The storm - the strongest in the Atlantic in the past decade - flattened homes and ripped down trees
News imagePaul Blake/BBC Local resident amid debris on British Virgin IslandsPaul Blake/BBC
Many residents on the British overseas territory have lost almost everything
News imagePaul Blake/BBC Royal Engineers and Marine Commandos on British Virgin IslandsPaul Blake/BBC
Royal Engineers and Marine Commandos have arrived to help establish law and order and aid the recovery efforts
News imagePaul Blake/BBC Debris on British Virgin IslandsPaul Blake/BBC
The local authorities are yet to assess the full damage caused by the hurricane