In pictures: Wednesday around the world

TOP PIC: Haitian people cross the river La Digue in Petit Goave where the bridge collapsed during the rains of the Hurricane Matthew, southwest of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. (AFP)

It's a week of disaster after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, with the official death toll at 10 so far. Here's a look at that and what happened in other parts of the world on Wednesday . . .

Palestinians sail boats bearing their national flag in the port of Gaza City in support of the Gaza-bound flotilla of international female activists attempting to break the Israeli blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. A group of activists seeking to break Israel's decade-long blockade of the Gaza Strip were less than 70 nautical miles from the coast without having been intercepted, they said

A woman walks along a coastal road between Guantanamo and Baracoa which was left covered in rocks and severely damaged after the passage of Hurricane Matthew through the eastern tip of Cuba on Tuesday afternoon. Hurricane Matthew, the Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade, barreled towards the Bahamas Wednesday morning after killing nine people and pummeling Haiti and Cuba

Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, work around destroyed buildings following reported air strikes on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. The White Helmets are a prominent Syrian group of emergency responders mainly made of volunteers

 A migrant woman and child cry  as they are forced to board a Turkish vessel in the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos to be deported back to Turkey. The Greek authorities returned from the island of Lesbos to Dikili in Turkey a group of 55 asylum seekers, mostly Pakistanis and Algerians, as part of the EU-Turkey agreement. Among this group are the first 37 failed asylum seekers. Besides 20 Pakistanis, 20 Algerians, this group includes five Moroccans, four Afghans, three Bangladeshis, one Sri Lankan, an Iranian and a Palestinian

Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives for his general audience in St Peter's square at the Vatican

South Korean coast guards try to rescue crew members of a stranded passenger ship in the aftermath of typhoon Chaba in the southern city of Yeosu. The typhoon hit the South Korean resort island of Jeju early on Wednesday, bringing heavy rains that flooded streets, forced flight cancellations and disrupted power to thousands of homes. More than 25,000 houses on the island of Jeju had their power supply disrupted, the Yonhap news agency reported, while Busan city announced the closure of 900 schools

Here, large waves caused by Typhoon Chaba are seen pounding the coast in the southeastern city of Ulsan

Cars damaged by flood waters caused by Typhoon Chaba are seen along a street in the southern island of Jeju. The typhoon hit the South Korean resort island of Jeju early on Wednesday, bringing heavy rains that flooded streets, forced flight cancellations and disrupted power to thousands of homes

People try to cross the overflowing La Rouyonne river in the commune of Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince. Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba -- blasted by Matthew on October 4, 2016 -- began the messy and probably grim task of assessing the storm's toll. Matthew hit them as a Category Four hurricane but has since been downgraded to three, on a scale of five, by the US National Hurricane Center

Somali school girls play football during lunch break at the Howlwadag Primary School in Howlwadag District, south of Mogadishu

Brazil's football team player Neymar takes part in a training session at the Arena Dunas stadium in Natal, Brazil.  Brazil will face Bolivia in a FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 qualifier match on Thursday