Whole neighbourhoods flattened in Mayotte

Widespread damage to infrastructure - including downed power lines and impassable roads - is severely hindering emergency operations. Rescue workers, including reinforcements from France, are combing through the debris searching for survivors.

Syria is still coming to terms with life without president Bashar Al Assad, and as the days pass more evidence about the horrors of Assad's rule are coming to light.

(Pic: Rescue workers attempt to clear a blocked road, in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, within Labattoir, in Mayotte; Credit: Reuters)