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Photos: Awaiting Aid, Struggling To Survive The largest earthquake to hit Haiti in more than 200 years rocked the Caribbean nation Tuesday. Haitians are beginning to dig out from under the damage,
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Photos: Awaiting Aid, Struggling To Survive

  • Injured people rest in the streets of Port-au-Prince Thursday, two days after the devastating 7.0 quake.
    Injured people rest in the streets of Port-au-Prince Thursday, two days after the devastating 7.0 quake.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Rescuers carry an injured girl down the street after digging her out of the rubble Thursday.
    Rescuers carry an injured girl down the street after digging her out of the rubble Thursday.
    Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Virginia Cary, of Cleveland, Tenn. waits at the Port-au-Prince airport in hopes of a return flight to the U.S.
    Virginia Cary, of Cleveland, Tenn. waits at the Port-au-Prince airport in hopes of a return flight to the U.S.
    Lynne Sladky/AP/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Fireman attempt to put out a blaze in Port-au-Prince Thursday.
    Fireman attempt to put out a blaze in Port-au-Prince Thursday.
    Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • After 50 hours trapped, James Girly, 64, is rescued from the remains of the Montana Hotel by the French military. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
    After 50 hours trapped, James Girly, 64, is rescued from the remains of the Montana Hotel by the French military. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
    Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Workers dig for bodies in a fight against time.
    Workers dig for bodies in a fight against time.
    Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • A woman who lost a hand lies on the ground outside a makeshift recovery ward in Port-au-Prince Friday.
    A woman who lost a hand lies on the ground outside a makeshift recovery ward in Port-au-Prince Friday.
    Chris Hondros/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • An injured child waits for medical attention near a damaged hospital in Carrefour, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Friday.
    An injured child waits for medical attention near a damaged hospital in Carrefour, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Friday.
    Ariana Cubillos/AP/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • People line up to for gasoline. Aid organizations are struggling to get needed resources to survivors.
    People line up to for gasoline. Aid organizations are struggling to get needed resources to survivors.
    Lynne Sladky/AP/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • People line up to receive water, an in-demand commodity, from a firetruck in Port-au-Prince.
    People line up to receive water, an in-demand commodity, from a firetruck in Port-au-Prince.
    Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Earthquake survivors use water from a fountain to bathe in the central public garden of Port-au-Prince.
    Earthquake survivors use water from a fountain to bathe in the central public garden of Port-au-Prince.
    Francois Mori/AP/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • People wave at a helicopter in the center of Port-au-Prince. Aid efforts are slow to reach the Haitian capital.
    People wave at a helicopter in the center of Port-au-Prince. Aid efforts are slow to reach the Haitian capital.
    Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • The magnitude of the disaster is overwhelming relief efforts.
    The magnitude of the disaster is overwhelming relief efforts.
    Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Bolivian U.N. Blue Helmet soldiers stand guard at an aid center in Port-au-Prince as a group of Haitians carries a victim.
    Bolivian U.N. Blue Helmet soldiers stand guard at an aid center in Port-au-Prince as a group of Haitians carries a victim.
    Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • A staff member from the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH, treats an injured man.
    A staff member from the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH, treats an injured man.
    Logan Abassi/UN/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Men carry an injured relative in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian Red Cross estimates that more than 50,000 people may have been killed in the earthquake.
    Men carry an injured relative in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian Red Cross estimates that more than 50,000 people may have been killed in the earthquake.
    Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • A member of the Fairfax Country Urban Search & Rescue Team and her K-9 partner search the U.N. Headquarters for more survivors after freeing a man who was trapped for 40 hours in the rubble.
    A member of the Fairfax Country Urban Search & Rescue Team and her K-9 partner search the U.N. Headquarters for more survivors after freeing a man who was trapped for 40 hours in the rubble.
    Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Aid trickled in Thursday morning. Here, Maurice Cain, senior airman with the U.S. Air Force, unloads humanitarian supplies from Panama at the Port-au-Prince airport.
    Aid trickled in Thursday morning. Here, Maurice Cain, senior airman with the U.S. Air Force, unloads humanitarian supplies from Panama at the Port-au-Prince airport.
    Lynne Sladky/AP/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • A U.N. peacekeeper from Chile works in the rubble of the Montana Hotel.
    A U.N. peacekeeper from Chile works in the rubble of the Montana Hotel.
    Ramon Espinosa/AP/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • With thousands missing and the death toll climbing, dazed survivors wander amid the ruins of Port-au-Prince two days after the devastating earthquake.
    With thousands missing and the death toll climbing, dazed survivors wander amid the ruins of Port-au-Prince two days after the devastating earthquake.
    Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Haitians walk though streets filled with rubble and bodies.
    Haitians walk though streets filled with rubble and bodies.
    Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Displaced people create makeshift shelters out of tarps and sheets.
    Displaced people create makeshift shelters out of tarps and sheets.
    Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • A woman prepares a bed in the street Tuesday night after the quake.
    A woman prepares a bed in the street Tuesday night after the quake.
    Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Many Haitians spent a second night on the streets. Here, people gather on a square in Port-au-Prince's Petionville district.
    Many Haitians spent a second night on the streets. Here, people gather on a square in Port-au-Prince's Petionville district.
    Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Members of the congregation of First Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minn. pray for the earthquake victims Thursday. The pastor's son is believed to have been killed in the quake.
    Members of the congregation of First Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minn. pray for the earthquake victims Thursday. The pastor's son is believed to have been killed in the quake.
    Clint Austin/AP/Duluth News Tribune/Photos by AP and Getty Images
  • Members of Canada's Haitian community comfort each other at the Haitian-Canadian Community Center in Montreal.
    Members of Canada's Haitian community comfort each other at the Haitian-Canadian Community Center in Montreal.
    Peter McCabe/The Canadian Press/AP/Photos by AP and Getty Images

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A man carries an injured child outside the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, after the strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck the country. Ivanoh Demers/Montreal La Presse/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption

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A man carries an injured child outside the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, after the strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck the country.

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The largest earthquake to hit Haiti in more than 200 years rocked the Caribbean nation Tuesday. Haitians are beginning to dig out from under the damage,

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Find all visual coverage of Haiti here.