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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haiti: the struggle for survival in Port-au-Prince

Lawless Haiti: A Haitian national police officer on patrol after firing on looters
A Haitian policeman on patrol after firing on looters on Boulevard Jean Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA
Lawless Haiti: The body of a looter near the Hypolite Market in Port-au-Prince
The body of a looter near the Hypolite Market
Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: Residents reach out to receive food distributed by UN World Food Program
Residents of the Petinville neighbourhood reach out to receive food distributed by the UN World Food Program. Aid agencies are struggling against major logistical problems
Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: A Haitian police officer tries to stop people from taking away bundles
A Haitian police officer tries to stop people taking bundles of clothing they found in a collapsed building
Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP
Lawless Haiti: Looters fight for products at a business area in Port-au-Prince
Looters fight for items from a store
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Lawless Haiti: People try to get food at a food distribution centre in Port-au-Prince
People wait for food rations
Photograph: Kena Betancur/Reuters
Lawless Haiti: Looters take what they can from a building destroyed in the earthquake
A looter runs from a destroyed building
Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: People walk down a street with several fires burning in Port-au-Prince
People walk down a street where several fires burn
Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Lawless Haiti: A Haitian fueling station attendant holds a wad of money
A Haitian fuel station attendant holds cash as he pours petrol for queueing people
Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: A Haitian man carries his possessions past a destroyed neighbourhood
A Haitian man carries his possessions up a hill past a destroyed neighbourhood
Photograph: Logan Abassi/United Nations Photos/AFP/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: A Haitian police officer points a rifle at a man during a looting spree
A policeman holds a man at gunpoint during a looting spree
Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: A Haitian woman washes her clothes at the Jean Jacques Dessalines park
A Haitian woman washes her clothes at the Jean Jacques Dessalines park
Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: A man carries a bundle of metal bars salvaged from the rubble
A man carries metal bars salvaged from the rubble
Photograph: Ana-Bianca Marin/Reuters
Lawless Haiti: Scavengers walk over the rubble of quake-damaged buildings Port-au-Prince
Scavengers walk over rubble as a fire burns below
Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP
Lawless Haiti: A police officer patrols downtown Port-au-Prince to discourage looting
A policeman patrols downtown Port-au-Prince to discourage looting
Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP
Lawless Haiti: A woman prays over her daughter's bed at a field hospital
A woman prays over her daughter's bed at a UN field hospital
Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: People bathe with limited water in downtown Port-au-Prince
People bathe communally with the limited water available
Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Lawless Haiti: Haitian police arrest locals after they found a machete in their possession
Haitian police arrest men they found carrying a machete
Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Lawless Haiti: Israeli rescuers retrieve an injured person from the rubble
Israeli rescuers retrieve an injured survivor from a ruined building
Photograph: David de la Paz/AP/Xinhua
Lawless Haiti: People loot a a damaged store in Port-au-Prince
People loot a a damaged store
Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP
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