Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou comforts the mother of a pilot who was killed in a helicopter crash during a rescue mission evacuating flood survivors in Fengshan, Kaohsiung County.
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (R) hugs the relative (dressed in funeral attire) of a victim of Typhoon Morakot when he visits a village in Kaohsiung county. Ma's popularity sinks to near-record lows due to his handling of the disaster.
Two military policemen (C) lower Taiwan's national flag at the presidential office building to half mast to mourn Typhoon Morakot victims.
Bowing to apologise during a news conference, Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou however says he will not resign over complaints his government has been slow in responding to Typhoon Morakot crisis.
The US flew aircraft to Taiwan as China offered to send helicopters to help rescue more than 1,300 people still stranded a week after Typhoon Morakot struck the island.
Two women hold portraits of their lost parents as they kneel in prayer with other mourners in the flood-devastated village of Hsiaolin, Kaohsiung county in southern Taiwan.
Residents unload supplies from a military helicopter at Chiayi county in Taiwan. The huge rescue operation continued a week after Typhoon Morakot unleashed devastating floods and mudslides across Taiwan.
Flood waters brought by Typhoon Morakot submerge a house in Chiatung, Pingtung county in southern Taiwan.
As rescue operation continued a week after Typhoon Morakot unleashed devastating floods and mudslides across Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou apologises several times over the government's slow response.
Monks and mourning relatives pray during a memorial service for typhoon victims in Chiashien, Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan.
Soldiers loading relief supplies on a military transport boat in Chihpen, Taitung county in southeast Taiwan.
Residents haul supplies over a broken bridge in a village in Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan.
Volunteers clean up in Taiwan's Chiashien, Kaohsiung county. More than 1,300 people are still stranded a week after Typhoon Morakot struck the island.
A relative offers rice to a typhoon survivor in Chiashien, Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan.
A section of a bridge that was destroyed by flood waters brought by Typhoon Morakot in a township in Kaohsiung county in southern Taiwan.
Residents at a temporary evacuation centre in southern Taiwan's Pingtung county. President Ma Ying-jeou visits a shelter in Pingtung county as rescue efforts continue for trapped victims of Typhoon Morakot.
Relatives kneel in front of mudslide area at the devastated village of Hsiaolin in Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan, to mourn for victims of Typhoon Morakot.
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou listens to relatives of victims of those trapped or killed by Typhoon Morakot, at the emergency landing zone in Cishan, Taiwan.
