Nov 18, 2013

Nov. 18 Photo Brief: Indonesian volcano erupts, Dubai Airshow and more aid, normalcy sought following Typhoon Haiyan

Indonesian volcano erupts, Dubai Airshow and more aid, normalcy sought following Typhoon Haiyan in today’s daily brief.

: A woman looks on as Mount Sinabung spews ash, as pictured from Sibintun village in Karo district, Indonesia’s north Sumatra province November 18, 2013. Mount Sinabung continued to spew volcanic ash throwing a plume 8,000 meters into the atmosphere on Monday as thousands of residents remained in temporary shelters fearful of more eruptions, according to local media. (Roni Bintang/Reuters)

: A woman carries a bucket full of ash-covered tomatoes on her head, at Mardingding village shortly after Mount Sinabung spewed volcanic ash in Karo district, Indonesia’s north Sumatra province November 18, 2013. The volcano continued to emit volcanic ash on Monday, throwing an 8,000m (26,247 ft)-high plume into the atmosphere, as thousands of residents fearful of more eruptions remained in temporary shelters, according to local media. (Roni Bintang/Reuters)

: A man watches as Mount Sinabung continues to erupt, with hot smoke spewing from the volcano, in the Karo district on the north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on November 18, 2013. Officials said a week ago at more than 5,000 people had fled their homes since the volcano erupted early this month. (Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man uses his mobile phone as Mount Sinabung continues to erupt, with hot smoke spewing from the volcano, in the Karo district on the north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on November 18, 2013. Officials said a week ago at more than 5,000 people had fled their homes since the volcano erupted early this month. (Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images)

: The Red Arrows Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team performs during the Dubai Airshow November 18, 2013. (Caren Firouz/Reuters)

: Britain’s Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, performs during the Dubai Airshow on November 18, 2013, in Dubai. Emirates Airline’s appetite for aircraft purchases will not cease, the airline’s president Tim Clark told AFP a day after the Dubai-based carrier ordered 200 planes from Boeing and Airbus. (Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)

: The Red Arrows Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team performs during the Dubai Airshow November 18, 2013. (Caren Firouz/Reuters)

: Britain’s Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, performs during the Dubai Airshow on November 18, 2013, in the Emirate of Dubai. Emirates Airline’s appetite for aircraft purchases will not cease, the airline’s president Tim Clark told AFP a day after the Dubai-based carrier ordered 200 planes from Boeing and Airbus. (Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)

: Britain’s Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, performs during the Dubai Airshow on November 18, 2013, in the Emirate of Dubai. Emirates Airline’s appetite for aircraft purchases will not cease, the airline’s president Tim Clark told AFP a day after the Dubai-based carrier ordered 200 planes from Boeing and Airbus. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)

: A student prepares disaster relief packages before distributing them after Typhoon Haiyan battered central Philippines, inside the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Manila November 18, 2013. The Philippines is facing up to an enormous rebuilding task from Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, which killed at least 3,974 people and left 1,186 missing, with many isolated communities yet to receive significant aid despite a massive international relief effort. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

: A US Navy helicopter delivers relief goods to typhoon victims in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan in Ormoc, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 18, 2013. Philippine President Benigno Aquino on November 18 blamed the slow response to the ravages of Typhoon Haiyan on the total collapse of local government in the face of the storm’s unprecedented destructive power. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

: A resident walks past a car which landed amid fallen trees in Tacloban, after super Typhoon Haiyan battered the city in central Philippines, November 18, 2013. The Philippines is facing up to an enormous rebuilding task from Typhoon Haiyan, which killed at least 3,681 people and left 1,186 missing, with many isolated communities yet to receive significant aid despite a massive international relief effort. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

: Joe (no last name given) washes in the rubble of what used be his house in Tacloban on November 18, 2013. Grieving survivors of a monster typhoon that smashed into the mainly Catholic Philippines flocked to shattered churches, as aid workers intensified efforts to reach desperate survivors in remote communities. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images)

: Verlyon Enrile holds her three-week-old son Carl Miguel in a shelter for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan at a public hall in Tacloban November 18, 2013. Authorities estimate more than 3,900 people were killed when Typhoon Haiyan, one of the largest ever recorded, made landfall in the central Philippines and the sea surged ashore. Philippine authorities, the U.S. military and international agencies face a mounting humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at four million, up from 900,000 late last week. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

: Debris is seen in a Tacloban neighbourhood almost completely flattened by the typhoon on November 18, 2013. Grieving survivors of a monster typhoon that smashed into the mainly Catholic Philippines flocked to shattered churches, as aid workers intensified efforts to reach desperate survivors in remote communities. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images)

: Typhoon victims play basketball with a hoop made out of wood from destroyed houses in Jaro on November 18, 2013. The United Nations has confirmed at least 4,500 killed in the disaster, which brought five-metre (16-foot) waves to Tacloban, flattening nearly everything in their path as they swept hundreds of metres across the low-lying land. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)