
A woman sits on a fallen tree among what's left of her garden in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on Thursday, March 19, nearly a week after Cyclone Pam ripped through the island nation in the South Pacific. Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale has called the storm a "monster," saying it has set back the development of his country, already one of the poorest in the region, by years.

A young boy plays on a destroyed banana plantation in Mele, Vanuatu, on March 19.

A nun surveys the damage near Port Vila on March 19.

People put clothes out to dry near Port Vila on March 19.

An aid worker treats an injured woman on Tanna Island on Wednesday, March 18.

A child walks through a damaged classroom on Tanna Island on March 19.

Mercy Watskal holds her week-old granddaughter, Angelina, at the Enima Evacuation Center on Tanna Island on March 19.

Young men take apart a damaged hut on March 19 on Tanna Island.

Australian doctors help a young girl on the Vanuatu island of Tanna on Wednesday, March 18.

A man stands under the damaged rooftop of a school in Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, on March 18.

Books recovered from a school are left out to dry in Port Vila on March 18.

A ship sits beached along the shore of Tanna on March 18.

An Australian army relief aircraft arrives with supplies at the airport in Tanna on March 18.

Residents clean up debris in Port Vila on Tuesday, March 17.

Children play on March 17 in water among fallen trees near Port Vila.

Aid is on board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft headed to Port Vila on Monday, March 16.

Debris from the cyclone is scattered in an area near Port Vila on March 16.

A boy kicks a ball through the ruins of his family home as his father picks through debris on March 16.

A bridge and road that suffered dramatic damage from Cyclone Pam are seen outside Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, on Sunday, March 15.

A resident stands in her badly damaged home outside Port Vila on March 15.

An aerial photo taken by CARE Australia on March 15 shows the widespread damage caused by the cyclone in Vanuatu.

A resident clears mud and other debris outside homes near Port Vila on March 15.

Residents work amid the debris left by the cyclone outside Port Vila on March 15.

Locals walk past debris in Port Vila on March 15.

People walk past debris scattered on a street in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on Saturday, March 14.

Damaged boats are seen on Saturday, March 14, in Port Vila, Vanuatu's capital.

Surf pounds the shore as people walk among debris scattered by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, Vanuatu, March 14.

Residents look through storm damage in Port Villa on March 14.

People move away from the beach March 13 on the island of Kiribati.

A person walks past flooding near Port Vila on March 13.

Strong winds blow trees as Pam hits Vanuatu on March 13.

Shops are boarded up in Port Vila on Thursday, March 12.

Preparations are made in Port Vila ahead of the storm on March 12.

People in Port Vila buy supplies ahead of the storm on March 12.