BP says the first of the relief Wells will be finished in the first half of August.

The cyclone and sea surges damaged or destroyed more than half of health facilities in the Ayeyarwady Delta and Yangon regions, straining health relief services for survivors.

But sometimes, once in many days, or perchance in many months, she felt an eye - a human eye - upon the ignominious brand, that seemed to give a momentary relief, as if half of her agony were Shared.