A refugee camp in Kyacek Tan, south of Yangon, on Friday. Nearly one week after a devastating cyclone, supplies into the country were still being delayed and aid experts were being turned back as they arrived at the airport.

"The situation is profoundly worrying," said John Holmes, a relief coordinator for the United Nations. Left, the camp in Kyacek Tan.

A damaged wharf in Yangon. Negotiations continued Friday between the United Nations and the government about the distribution of supplies.

A village southeast of central Yangon on Friday. Paul Risley, a spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program, said, "all the food aid and equipment that we managed to get in has been confiscated."

Monks cleared trees outside of Yangon on Friday. Monks were at the center of major pro-democracy demonstrations against the ruling junta last September, but with the relief efforts underway, there was little talk of a protest against a referendum planned for Saturday.

Soldiers removed reubble in Kyacek Tan on Friday. The military junta has insisted that it would distribute international relief supplies itself.

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