Eastern Samar, Philippines

A devastated village in Eastern Samar province makes a plea for help, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

A plea for assistance to those flying overhead in Eastern Samar province, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

Des policiers, des pompiers et des secouristes se déploient sur le site d'une fusillade à Montrouge, au sud de Paris, le 8 janvier 2015.

Police come to meet an incoming US Navy helicopter landing at Hernani, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

Residents of Lawaan rush to offload food being brought in by a U.S. Navy helicopter, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

Some of the damage from Typhoon Haiyan in Lawaan, Eastern Samar Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

A damaged church in Eastern Samar, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

Trucks carrying aid into Eastern Samar province, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

An American NGO worker pleads with a U.S. Navy helicopter crewman to bring more aid as VOA videographer Zinlat Aung videotapes the encounter in Hernani, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)

A change of crew on the deck of the USS George Washington for the MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter on which a VOA crew rode, Nov. 19, 2013. (Steve Herman/VOA)