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Rescue efforts in Haiti

Rescue efforts in Haiti: People dig for bodies in Port-au-Prince
People dig for bodies in Port-au-Prince. Desperate Haitians awaited a global effort to find and treat survivors from the quake, which has left streets strewn with corpses and a death toll that may top 100,000. Hundreds of thousands of homeless, injured and traumatised victims spent a second night on the streets, transforming Port-au-Prince into a gigantic and under-equipped refugee camp
Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: Firemen attempt to put out a fire in Port-au-Prince
Firemen attempt to put out a fire in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: Emergency medical team members take care of Haiti earthquake survivors
Emergency medical team members take care of Haiti earthquake survivors after arriving on a French flight at Pole Caraibes airport in Pointe-a-Pitre on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe
Photograph: Reuters
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A body is seen on the road in Port-au-Prince
A body is seen on the road in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A destroyed building in Port-au-Prince
A destroyed building in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Julien Tack/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A fork lift truck driver loads water sanitation equipment at Oxfam
A forklift truck driver loads water sanitation equipment at Oxfam's logistics warehouse in Bicester, Oxfordshire, for shipping to Haiti
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: Search and rescue workers carry Sarlah Chand, 65, after they rescued her
Search and rescue workers carry Sarlah Chand, 65, after they rescued her from the rubble of the Hotel Montana more than 50 hours after the massive earthquake destroyed the hotel
Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A man holds two bottle of fuel as people crowd around a fuel pump
A man holds two bottles of fuel as people crowd around a fuel pump in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Fuel shortages are causing long queues and angry customers
Photograph: Carl Juste/AP
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A man recovers a shoe from the rubble of the collapsed Justice Palace
A man recovers a shoe from the rubble of the collapsed Palace of Justice in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Logan Abassi/UN/Reuters
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A man tries to rescue a woman in the rubble in Port-au-Prince
A man tries to rescue a woman in the rubble in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A search and rescue dog waits before boarding an plane
A search and rescue dog waits before boarding a plane at Rhein-Main airport in Frankfurt en route to Haiti to support German relief efforts in Haiti
Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A woman checks the toe tag on a body in the parking lot
A woman checks the toe tag on a body in the car park of the general hospital following the massive earthquake
Photograph: Logan Abassi /UN/EPA
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A woman is treated for her wounds on the grounds of Canape-Vert Hospital
A woman is treated for her wounds on the grounds of Canapé-Vert hospital in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Patrick Farrell/AP
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A young boy watches people lining up to receive water
A young boy watches people lining up to receive water from a fire truck in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Marco Dormino/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: A woman walks past bodies pulled out of the rubble in Port-au-Prince
A woman walks past bodies pulled out of the rubble in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features
Rescue efforts in Haiti: Canadian Forces members board a C-177 Globemaster plane
Canadian forces members board a C-177 Globemaster freight and personnel carrier out of Trenton, Ontario. Canada has flown troops, supplies and members of civilian agencies in support of the ongoing relief efforts to Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Photograph: Carole Morissett/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue efforts in Haiti: People try to clear debris of destroyed buildings in Port-au-Prince
People try to clear the debris of destroyed buildings in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features
Rescue efforts in Haiti: The hand of an earthquake victim hangs from a pick-up truck
The hand of an earthquake victim hangs from a pick-up truck loaded with bodies waiting to be unloaded at a cemetery in Port-au-Prince
Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP
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