Two women check their cellphones as they hawk their wares on a bridge over the Artibonite River, whose waters are believed to be the source of Haiti's 2010 cholera outbreak. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Haiti Quake: Ruin And Recovery A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday night, causing widespread destruction. Relief organizations are estimating that as many as 3 million people in the impoverished Caribbean island-nation may have been affected by the quake.
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Haiti Quake: Ruin And Recovery
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake may have affected as many as 3 million people on the Caribbean island.
Then-candidate Michel Martelly casts his ballot at a polling station during a presidential runoff in Port-au-Prince, on March 20. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
Electoral workers count ballots by candlelight at a polling station at the end of a presidential runoff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. The two choices were Mirlande Manigat, the former first lady, and Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, a Haitian music star. Results are expected at the end of March. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
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Despite the rubble and lack of permanent housing in post-quake Haiti, one positive sign is the vast number of children who have been able to return to school. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption
A guard stands outside a prototype "transitional" housing model at the resettlement camp in Corail-Cesselesse, outside Port-au-Prince. World Vision along with several other aid agencies has developed these small dwellings, intended to house families of up to five people. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption
Roughly 1,000 people are living on an 8-foot-wide stretch of median in the middle of Route Nationale 2, a torn-up, six-lane road that is one of Haiti's busiest. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
The U.S. Agency for International Development has contracted with relief groups to hire Haitians to clear rubble in the coastal city of Leogane. They also hope to get locals involved in the rebuilding process. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
At his school in Port-au-Prince, Lochard Samael, 6, works on a math problem with his teacher. He lost his father in the Jan. 12 earthquake but has since been able to return to school. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Navy Lt. j.g. Jamie McFarland laughs with volunteer Allen Wilner Herard at Haiti's only golf course, which was turned into a camp for Haitians displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake. McFarland and her team set up trenches and canals to direct storm runoff out of the camp. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Members of the Red Cross carry orphans from Haiti arriving in France for adoption by French families. All had been adopted prior to the massive earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people on Jan. 12. Boris Horvat/Pool/AP hide caption
Children relocated from the Petionville Club camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, walk through their new home at a government resettlement camp in Corail-Cesselesse. Petionville residents are being moved to the new camp because of the risk of flooding and landslides at the current location during the coming rainy season. Lee Celano/Getty Images hide caption
Haitians pray as they walk past the ruins of the National Cathedral, which was destroyed by the Jan. 12 earthquake, after Mass outside the ruins in Port-au-Prince. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Even though hundreds of thousands of people are still jostling for basic necessities in the vast tent cities of Port-au-Prince, there are indications the city is growing again. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive addresses an audience during a meeting on March 17 in Santo Domingo. Erika Santelices/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton walk with Haitian President Rene Preval (center), near the destroyed presidential palace on March 22. Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
United Nations troops from Bolivia distribute water and meals to the residents of Cite Soleil, Haiti, after the Jan. 12 earthquake. Marco Dormino/Courtesy of U.N. hide caption
Workers remove rubble from a destroyed school in Port-Au-Prince in early March. Haitians now must find a way to dispose of the estimated 25 million cubic yards of debris left in the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck the country in January. Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In this image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets Sean Penn as he visits a tent camp at the Petionville Club golf course in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 14. Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH via Getty Images hide caption