Earthquake Shakes Haiti
Thousands are feared dead, killed by a 7.0 quake that hit Port-au-Prince, even destroying the presidential palace. Washington has pledged aid to the poverty-stricken nation. View our gallery of the devastation.
Logan Abassi, Minustah / Getty Images
Haitians set up impromptu tent cities in Port-au-Prince. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the quake on January 12, but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea.
Logan Abassi, Minustah / Getty Images
A boy stands at an open area camp where people are staying after the earthquake.
Carlos Barria / Reuters
Local residents wander amidst the ruins of their hometown. More than 30 aftershocks struck the capital, where more than two million people live, most in the grip of poverty.
Juan Barreto, AFP / Getty Images
A man makes his way amidst lifeless bodies outside the morgue.
Jaun Barreto, AFP / Getty Images
Bodies of earthquake victims lay on a street in Port-au-Prince.
Ricardo Arduengo / AP Photo
People search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building.
Ricardo Arduengo / AP Photo
A boy sits next to the remains of a destroyed school.
Carlos Barria / Reuters
Survivors gather outside Haiti's National Palace, which was damaged by the earthquake.
Ricardo Arduengo / AP Photo
A before and after shot of Haiti's National Palace in Port-au-Prince.
Top: Cpl. Matthew McGregor, Department of National Defence / AP Photo; Bottom: Jorge Cruz / AP Photo
People carry a body through the streets of Port-au-Prince.
Montreal La Presse, Ivanoh Demers / AP Photo
Injured people are transported by truck.
Xinhua / Landov
Residents pass by collapsed buildings.
Eduardo Munoz / Reuters
A man carries an injured child outside Hotel Villa Creole.
Ivanoh Demers, Montreal La Presse / AP Photo
An injured child receives medical treatment.
Eduardo Munoz / Reuters
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