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A man wanders in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as a fire burns in a destroyed building on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, while thousands are dead and tens of thousands more injured after a 7.0 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday. – CAROLYN COLE, Los Angeles Times - MCT
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Collapsed buildings litter the landscape of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, in the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake in the Caribbean nation. – MCT
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A Haitian family rushes an injured girl to a hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. – PATRICK FARRELL, Miami Herald -
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An earthquake victim screams in pain as he is transported for medical treatment in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. – Carl Juste, Miami Herald - MCT
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An injured girl lies on the side of the road as she is attended to the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. – Ricardo Arduengo - AP
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A teacher who was injured when his school collapsed in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is helped by a stranger outside of a hospital on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. – CAROLYN COLE, Los Angeles Times - MCT
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Collapsed buildings litter the landscape of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, in the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake in the Caribbean nation. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT) – MCT
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People search for survivors under the rubble of a collapse building the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. – Ricardo Arduengo - AP
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People pass by the remains of a six-story communication building on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. US President Barack Obama ordered a swift and aggressive US rescue effort, while the European Union activated its crisis systems and the Red Cross and United Nations unlocked emergency funds and supplies for the destitute nation. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong 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. – THONY BELIZAIRE - AFP/Getty Images
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Haitian men remove the body of a woman from the rubble of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. The Caribbean nation is experiencing widespread destruction in the wake of a 7.0 earthquake. – PATRICK FARRELL, Miami Herald - MCT
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A lifeless hand is exposed amid the rubble of a Port-au-Prince, Haiti, building on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. The Caribbean nation is experiencing widespread destruction in the wake of a 7.0 earthquake. – PATRICK FARRELL, The Miami Herald - MCT
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A young earthquake survivor is given first aid in a shanty town on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. – Matt Marek, American Red Cross - AP
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Injured people sit along Delmas road the day after an earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. – Jorge Cruz - AP
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People stand on rubble along Delmas road the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. – Jorge Cruz - AP
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This two photo combination shows above, in a May 20, 2004 file photo provided by the Canadian Department of National Defence, the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Below is the National Palace photographed Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, one day after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. – AP
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A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince following a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. – DANIEL MOREL - AFP/Getty Images
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A man carries an injured child outside Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 after the strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti. – Ivanoh Demers, Montreal La Presse - AP
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, an earthquake is carried in a shantytown on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. – Matt Marek, American Red Cross - AP
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An injured person is seen after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. – Jorge Cruz - AP
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, a young earthquakesits on debris in a shantytown on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. – Matt Marek - American Red Cross
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, an earthquake survivor clutches his young son, in a shantytown on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. – Matt Marek - American Red Cross
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This photo provided by Medecins Sans Frontieres shows wounded people gathered at the office of Medecins Sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. – Stefano Zannini, Medecins Sans Frontieres - AP
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, an earthquake survivor weeps in a shantytown on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped. – Matt Marek - American Red Cross
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A man treats injuries at the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. – Ivanoh Demers, Montreal La Presse via The Canadian Press - AP
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Damage to the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is shown on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. – Ivan Demers, The Canadian Press - AP
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An injured child is tended to at the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. – Ivanoh Demers, Montreal La Press - AP
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People gather in the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. – Jorge Cruz - AP
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People gather in the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. – Jorge Cruz - AP
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A man gestures behind a person trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A powerful earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday. – AP
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Displaced people carry a wounded man out of the clinic as aftershocks occur , following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. According to the The Red Cross, upto three million people have been affected and thousands are feared dead. – Frederic Dupoux - Getty Images
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Displaced people gather on Place Boyer in Petion-Ville to spend the night, following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. According to the The Red Cross, upto three million people have been affected and thousands are feared dead. – Frederic Dupoux - Getty Images
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Map and facts about Haiti: the country, severely damaged by four hurricanes in 2008, has been hit by a strong earthquake. – MCT
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People run in the streets after an earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The powerful earthquake crushed thousands of buildings, including the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. – Cris Bierrenbach - AP
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Debris lays in the street after an earthquake along the Delmas road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. – Jorge Cruz - AP
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Gregor Avril, the executive director of the Haitian Association of Industry, helps a wounded child with the support of artist/musician Mikaben on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. – Frederick Dupoux - Getty Images
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Elie Isaac, left, and Caleb Roseme, both of Norwich, Conn., pray and for the people of the Caribbean Islands, at the First Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, in Norwich. Both men have family and friends in Haiti, one of the countries hit by the largest earthquake to ever hit the Caribbean Islands. – Abigail Pheiffer, The Day - AP
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