Many desperate survivors of Haiti’s devastating earthquake are still lacking food, water, and shelter almost a week after the disaster struck. |
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As looting becomes more widespread in the capital, Port-au-Prince, United Nations Chief Ban Ki Moon says more police and soldiers are needed to help secure the huge relief operation. |
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Some still cling to hope of finding their relatives alive. Armel Deye holds a picture of her missing daughter , Fabiola, in front of a collapsed market in Port-au-Prince. |
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Others, their faces covered against the stench of death, use any means to get the message across that help needs to arrive quickly. |
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The US already has 1,000 troops on the ground in Haiti and 2,000 marines are due to join them. |
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Thousands of Haitians desperate to leave the country are lining up outside the American embassy in Port-au-Prince, applying for exit visas to live with relatives already in the US. |
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Medics like Brazilian surgeon Eliane Mansur from Medecins Frontieres are working in makeshift operating theatres to help those injured and in pain. |
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As dawn broke on Monday, Haitians woke to another day in their tent cities. |
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Thousands are simply sleeping on the streets of the capital after last Tuesday’s earthquake left 1.5 million people homeless. |
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One-year-old Misa Gureline Bastige and her family are homeless. |
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