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The wife of a journalist, who was shot during an armed gang attack on the General Hospital, cries as an ambulance arrives with his body, at a different hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption

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Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks during a joint press conference with Kenya's President William Ruto at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 11, 2024. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption

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Relatives carry the coffin of Jean Louis Jeune Gracien, who was killed during an attack by armed gangs, at his funeral in Pont-Sonde, Haiti, on Tuesday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption

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A hospital worker shows the damage inside Fontaine Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, three days after an armed attack forced its closure last fall. Richard Pierrin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in March 2024. Gang violence in Haiti has displaced over 300,000 children since March, according to a new report from the U.N. children's agency released late Tuesday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption

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Fans cheer in the crowd at Michaël Brun's BAYO concert at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Saturday, June 15. Lanna Apisukh for NPR hide caption

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Davy and Natalie Lloyd were among three missionaries killed in Haiti after being ambushed at the Port-au-Prince, officials with the mission organization said Friday, May 24, 2024. The third victim was Jude Montis, who was the country's director of Missions In Haiti Inc. Brad Searcy Photography/via AP hide caption

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President Biden greets Kenya's President William Ruto at the South Portico of the White House on May 22. The two leaders met with a group of tech CEOs the day before the official state visit. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who now runs a gang federation, speaks during an interview in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 11. Odelyn Joseph/NPR hide caption

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Haiti's notorious gang leader, Barbecue, says his forces are ready for a long fight

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Transitional Council members, from left to right; Fritz Alphonse Jean, Laurent Saint-Cyr, Frinel Joseph, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Regine Abraham, Emmanuel Vertilaire, Smith Augustin, Leslie Voltaire and Louis Gerald Gilles, pose for a group photo after a ceremony to name its president and a prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption

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Michel Patrick Boisvert (center), who was named interim prime minister by outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry, attends the swearing-in ceremony of the transitional council tasked with selecting Haiti's new prime minister and cabinet, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption

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Surviving children of the Auschwitz concentration camp, one of the camps the Nazis had set up to exterminate Jews and kill millions of others. Research into the appropriate way to "re-feed" those who've experienced starvation was prompted by the deaths of camp survivors after liberation. ullstein bild/Getty Images hide caption

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What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today

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Moncher Metina outside her house in Limonade, Haiti, on March 17, 2024. Octavio Jones for NPR hide caption

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A portrait of Haitians trying to survive without a government

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A wooden migrant boat lies grounded on a reef alongside mangroves, at Harry Harris Park in Tavernier, Fla., last year. The U.S. Coast Guard says that since October, has it intercepted and returned about 130 migrants to Haiti. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption

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DeSantis is prepping for a wave of Haitian migrants. Advocates say he's grandstanding

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