A man works to cut branches off a damaged tree in the town of Vahibe, on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 24, 2024, a week after the cyclone Chido's passage over the archipelago. France's Prime Minister on December 23, 2024, hit out at "alarmist" claims about a significant death toll from Cyclone Chido, which hit the country's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, the week before. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP)