People collect sheet metal to rebuild their house in Branbradoua on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago on December 22, 2024. Paris declared "exceptional natural disaster" measures for Mayotte, France's poorest region near Madagascar off the coast of southeastern Africa.One week on from a devastating cyclone that battered France's Indian Ocean territory, aid is still only trickling in to the worst-affected areas in Mayotte, where emergency workers are scrambling to restore essential services and aid a beleaguered population. Photo by David Lemor/ABACAPRESS.COM