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NewsJanuary 14, 2010
Devastation in Haiti
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti has left thousands dead. We collected several images from the Associated Press illustrating the devastation and relief efforts.
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Cindy Terasme screams after seeing the feet of her dead 14-year-old brother Jean Gaelle Dersmorne in the rubble of the collapsed St. Gerard School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Cindy Terasme screams after seeing the feet of her dead 14-year-old brother Jean Gaelle Dersmorne in the rubble of the collapsed St. Gerard School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A man sits on a coffin intended for his mother who has yet to be found in the rubble of her home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A man sits on a coffin intended for his mother who has yet to be found in the rubble of her home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
City workers carry an earthquake victim's body to a truck filled with other bodies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. City workers drove a dump truck through the streets Thursday collecting the dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
City workers carry an earthquake victim's body to a truck filled with other bodies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. City workers drove a dump truck through the streets Thursday collecting the dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
A view of a damaged street in the aftermath of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A view of a damaged street in the aftermath of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People cover their mouths from the smell of dead bodies as they carry an injured girl to her family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
People cover their mouths from the smell of dead bodies as they carry an injured girl to her family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
City workers place a boy's body into a truck with other earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. City workers drove a dump truck through the streets Thursday collecting the dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
City workers place a boy's body into a truck with other earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. City workers drove a dump truck through the streets Thursday collecting the dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Bodies of victims of the earthquake lay in the streets in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Bodies of victims of the earthquake lay in the streets in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A youth pauses next to the bodies of earthquake victims lying in the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A youth pauses next to the bodies of earthquake victims lying in the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
People work to free trapped students and faculty from the rubble of the St. Gerard Technical School that collapsed during an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Locals say the trapped have called out from their cell phones after Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People work to free trapped students and faculty from the rubble of the St. Gerard Technical School that collapsed during an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Locals say the trapped have called out from their cell phones after Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A man surveys hundreds of bodies of earthquake victims at the morgue in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
A man surveys hundreds of bodies of earthquake victims at the morgue in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
The legs of an earthquake victim are seen lying in street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
The legs of an earthquake victim are seen lying in street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A man empties out the refrigerator of his collapsed home in Port-au-Prince Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A man empties out the refrigerator of his collapsed home in Port-au-Prince Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Earthquake survivors walk amidst collapsed buildings and rubble in downtown Port-Au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Earthquake survivors walk amidst collapsed buildings and rubble in downtown Port-Au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A girl and her mother watch from across the street as workers dig looking for possible earthquake survivors through rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A girl and her mother watch from across the street as workers dig looking for possible earthquake survivors through rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
City workers use a door to place the body of an earthquake victim into a truck filled with bodies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. City workers drove a dump truck through the streets Thursday collecting the dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
City workers use a door to place the body of an earthquake victim into a truck filled with bodies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. City workers drove a dump truck through the streets Thursday collecting the dead after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Marisa Pierre, 36, puts her hand to her face as she talks about her two brothers that died inside a school in an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Marisa Pierre, 36, puts her hand to her face as she talks about her two brothers that died inside a school in an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
People sit in the rubble of their collapsed home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
People sit in the rubble of their collapsed home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and many displaced. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Gladys Loiuis Jeune is pulled alive from the rubble of her home in Port-au-Prince nearly 43 hours after Tuesday's earthquake, where she was greeted by her a cheering crowd Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Patrick Farrell) NO MAGS; NO SALES; TV OUT
Gladys Loiuis Jeune is pulled alive from the rubble of her home in Port-au-Prince nearly 43 hours after Tuesday's earthquake, where she was greeted by her a cheering crowd Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Patrick Farrell) NO MAGS; NO SALES; TV OUT
In this photo released by the United Nations, an injured earthquake survivor receives treatment at a medical clinic set up at MINUSTAH's logistics base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/United Nations, Logan Abassi)
In this photo released by the United Nations, an injured earthquake survivor receives treatment at a medical clinic set up at MINUSTAH's logistics base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/United Nations, Logan Abassi)
Firefighters of southern France load equipment in a plane's container, before departing to Haiti from the Istres military base, 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. With rescuers and relief goods starting to pour into Haiti from around the world, aid groups warn of the challenge of getting through to those in need as the capital's airport strains handle incoming flights, the main shipping port remains closed due to underwater debris, and the roads are clogged with the homeless and hungry. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Firefighters of southern France load equipment in a plane's container, before departing to Haiti from the Istres military base, 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. With rescuers and relief goods starting to pour into Haiti from around the world, aid groups warn of the challenge of getting through to those in need as the capital's airport strains handle incoming flights, the main shipping port remains closed due to underwater debris, and the roads are clogged with the homeless and hungry. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Firefighters of southern France and military personal load water and equipment in an airplane container, before departing to Haiti from the Istres military base, 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. With rescuers and relief goods starting to pour into Haiti from around the world, aid groups warn of the challenge of getting through to those in need as the capital's airport strains handle incoming flights, the main shipping port remains closed due to underwater debris, and the roads are clogged with the homeless and hungry. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Firefighters of southern France and military personal load water and equipment in an airplane container, before departing to Haiti from the Istres military base, 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. With rescuers and relief goods starting to pour into Haiti from around the world, aid groups warn of the challenge of getting through to those in need as the capital's airport strains handle incoming flights, the main shipping port remains closed due to underwater debris, and the roads are clogged with the homeless and hungry. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Christa Brelsford, an Arizona State graduate student from Alaska, talks to the media Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Brelsford was trapped for an hour and half in the rubble of a house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti following Tuesday's earthquake. Her foot was amputated after she arrived in Miami. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, Pool)
Christa Brelsford, an Arizona State graduate student from Alaska, talks to the media Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Brelsford was trapped for an hour and half in the rubble of a house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti following Tuesday's earthquake. Her foot was amputated after she arrived in Miami. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, Pool)
A man looks through the collapsed rubble of St. Gerard Church and School in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Several students and teachers died when the building collapsed after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A man looks through the collapsed rubble of St. Gerard Church and School in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Several students and teachers died when the building collapsed after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The bodies of earthquake victims lie in the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The bodies of earthquake victims lie in the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman gestures as she walks by the bodies of earthquake victims lying in the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman gestures as she walks by the bodies of earthquake victims lying in the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A man mourns during the funeral of his 3-year-old daughter who died in Tuesday's earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday leaving thousands dead. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A man mourns during the funeral of his 3-year-old daughter who died in Tuesday's earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. An earthquake measuring more than 7 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday leaving thousands dead. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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