In pictures: Waiting for aid

Many have been driven to scavenging and looting to find food in devastated towns and villages.

Aid agencies, foreign governments and the Philippine military are ramping up relief efforts, but reports from the ground say aid is still not getting through.

Troops and aid agencies say they have been struggling to get to the most remote places to help those in need.

People are wet, hungry, and increasingly angry, BBC correspondents in Leyte province say.

People in parts of Tacloban City, in the central Philippines, are being forced to cover their faces to block the stench of dead bodies.

Hundreds of people are desperate to fly out from the worst-affected areas to seek food, medicine and shelter.

But there is not enough room for everyone on board, and many people remain stranded at the airport in Tacloban.

Five days after Typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines, survivors of the powerful storm are becoming increasingly desperate for help.