Gallery: Haiti earthquake in pictures

Updated: 13:39, Monday, 25 January 2010

  • A US Air Force C-17 aircraft drops pallets of water and food over Mirebalais
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    A US Air Force C-17 aircraft drops pallets of water and food over Mirebalais

  • A man cries as he rides on a truck travelling past collapsed buildings in Petionville
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    A man cries as he rides on a truck travelling past collapsed buildings in Petionville

  • Looters, many of them children, run from police
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    Looters, many of them children, run from police

  • A US Army medic treats a child
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    A US Army medic treats a child

  • Smoke from burning rubbish adds to the eerie scene of a rubble-filled downtown Port-au-Prince
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    Smoke from burning rubbish adds to the eerie scene of a rubble-filled downtown Port-au-Prince

  • A military helicopter flies past the rubble of a collapsed school
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    A military helicopter flies past the rubble of a collapsed school

  • Exhausted rescuers from Turkey return after hours spent searching for survivors
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    Exhausted rescuers from Turkey return after hours spent searching for survivors

  • Haitians look for survivors among the bodies in Port-au-Prince
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    Haitians look for survivors among the bodies in Port-au-Prince

  • Haitians look for survivors under the rubble in the Belair neighborhood
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    Haitians look for survivors under the rubble in the Belair neighborhood

  • Scavenging in Port-au-Prince
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    Scavenging in Port-au-Prince

  • A young Haitian earthquake survivor is comforted by her older sister during a medical evacuation aboard a US Navy vessel
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    A young Haitian earthquake survivor is comforted by her older sister during a medical evacuation aboard a US Navy vessel

  • A child covers his nose as a woman mourns the dead
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    A child covers his nose as a woman mourns the dead

  • A Chinese emergency rescue team searches a collapsed building
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    A Chinese emergency rescue team searches a collapsed building

  • Earthquake survivors stand on the street near a car that has fallen out of a cargo container
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    Earthquake survivors stand on the street near a car that has fallen out of a cargo container

  • Residents search the rubble in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake
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    Residents search the rubble in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake

  • A US helicopter crewman drops humanitarian aid in support of earthquake relief efforts
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    A US helicopter crewman drops humanitarian aid in support of earthquake relief efforts

  • Aerial view of Port-au-Prince on 13 January
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    Aerial view of Port-au-Prince on 13 January

  • A woman tries to manoeuvre through a crowd after receiving a box of food at Park Boyer in Petionville
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    A woman tries to manoeuvre through a crowd after receiving a box of food at Park Boyer in Petionville

  • Foreign rescuers work on the debris at the headquarters of the UN Stabilisation Mission in Port-au-Prince
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    Foreign rescuers work on the debris at the headquarters of the UN Stabilisation Mission in Port-au-Prince

  • Aid arriving by helicopter in Port-au-Prince.
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    Aid arriving by helicopter in Port-au-Prince.

  • A man stands on the rubble of a collpased school in Petionville
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    A man stands on the rubble of a collpased school in Petionville

  • A man comforts his injured wife in a medical centre struggling for supplies
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    A man comforts his injured wife in a medical centre struggling for supplies

  • Aid slowly begins to arrive in Haiti
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    Aid slowly begins to arrive in Haiti

  • Haitians live on the streets with their belongings in fear of further aftershocks hitting the city
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    Haitians live on the streets with their belongings in fear of further aftershocks hitting the city

  • A woman is pulled from the rubble in Port-au-Prince by volunteers from the Los Angeles Fire Department
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    A woman is pulled from the rubble in Port-au-Prince by volunteers from the Los Angeles Fire Department

  • Thousands attempt to flee Port-Au-Prince for Jeremie
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    Thousands attempt to flee Port-Au-Prince for Jeremie

  • US marines carry aid ashore near Port-au-Prince
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    US marines carry aid ashore near Port-au-Prince

  • Beds stand ready to accept children injured in the earthquake
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    Beds stand ready to accept children injured in the earthquake

  • UN staff managed the distribution of supplies in the capital
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    UN staff managed the distribution of supplies in the capital

  • Desperate survivors fight for the little aid that arrives in the capital
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    Desperate survivors fight for the little aid that arrives in the capital

  • Residents cover their mouths against the smell from decomposing bodies
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    Residents cover their mouths against the smell from decomposing bodies

  • As the days pass, hope fades of finding further survivors
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    As the days pass, hope fades of finding further survivors

  • Vast tent cities accomodate the estimated 1m homeless in Haiti
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    Vast tent cities accomodate the estimated 1m homeless in Haiti

  • After a mass in Port Au Prince, residents walk the streets singing hymns
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    After a mass in Port Au Prince, residents walk the streets singing hymns