Photos from Haiti

Submitted on January 13, 2010

Catholic News Service

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the impoverished nation of Haiti Jan. 12.

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Officials are calling it the worst earthquake to hit Haiti in two centuries.

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Residents walk in a destroyed area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 14.

An aerial view shows the ruins of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Port-au-Prince Jan. 14, two days after a catastrophic earthquake rocked the capital of Haiti.

People crawl into a crevice to search for survivors in the ruins of a school in Port-au-Prince Jan. 14. Tens of thousands of people were clamoring for food and water in the capital and trying despera tely to dig out relatives still missing under the rubble.

People line up for food distributed by U.N. forces in Port-au-Prince Jan. 14. Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed into Haiti on Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flatte ned homes and government buildings and buried countless people.

An injured woman is carried to a hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 15.

A youth loots goods from a destroyed store in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 15, three days after a catastrophic earthquake rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The remains of the Catholic cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is seen in a Jan. 15 handout photo provided by the United Nations. Officials with the Catholic aid agency Caritas in Haiti reported that most of the churches in Port -au-Prince had been destroyed.

A Haitian woman with a rosary prays as during an outdoor Mass held next to the ruins of the Catholic cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 17. As earthquake survivors sought food, water and medical help, world leaders pledged aid to rebuild Haiti after what the United Nations called the worst humanitarian crisis in decades.

Haitians pray during a outdoor Mass held next to the ruins of the Catholic cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 17.

A woman raises her arms to catch goods as people loot a destroyed shop in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16.

An injured woman holds her son as she walks to the hospital.

A woman prays and sings on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 15. As many as 200,000 people died in the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti.

An injured boy receives medical help in a makeshift hospital on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 15. As earthquake survivors sought food, water and medical help, world leaders pledged aid to rebuild Haiti after what the United Nations called the w orst humanitarian crisis in decades.

A Russian rescue worker carries Senvilo Ovri, 11, a survivor of the earthquake, out of the remains of a house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16.

A group of refugees walks along a road Jan. 18 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Many people who survived Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake are expected to soon be looking for new places to live, creating the potential for thousands or even hundreds of tho usands of displaced people trying to settle in other countries in the region.

Women are seen at a makeshift camp site in Port-au-Prince Jan. 19. Nearly a week after a massive earthquake hit Haiti, international aid was just starting to get through to those in need, delayed by logistical logjams and security concerns.

A family in the Haitian village of Dabonne Jan. 20 stands in front of the temporary shelter they built following the destruction of their home in a Jan. 12 earthquake. They used old lumber salvaged from the ruins of their previous house. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

A man in the Haitian village of Dabonne builds a new temporary shelter to house his family Jan. 20, following the destruction of their home in a Jan. 12 earthquake. He uses old lumber salvaged from the ruins of his old house. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Members of a Mexican search-and-rescue team pull Anna Zizi alive Jan. 19 from the rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. She was rescued from the collapsed home of the parish priest at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. Several of of the rescue workers were in tears as they pulled the woman free from tons of rubble. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

A U.S. soldier surveys the ruins of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Port-au-Prince Jan. 19, which was destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake rocked the capital of Haiti Jan. 12. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Anna Zizi gets a drink of water after members of a Mexican search-and- rescue team pulled her alive Jan. 19 from the rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. She was rescued from the collapsed home of the parish priest a t the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. Several of of the rescue workers were in tears as they pulled the woman free from tons of rubble. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Oscar Oliva, a member of a Mexican search-and-rescue team, cries with joy as he embraces a fellow rescuer after the group pulled Anna Zizi from the rubble of Haiti's devastating earthquake Jan. 19 in Port-au-Prince. The woman was found alive in the wrec kage of the residence of a priest near the Catholic cathedral one week after the city was reduced to ruins by a magnitude 7 earthquake. Oliva is a firefighter from the Mexican city of Quintana Roo. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

A man drinks juice dripping from a stolen bag in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19, in this photo from the United Nations. Water, food and other necessities were in short supply in the capital, much of which was in ruins after the Jan. 12 magnitude 7 earthq uake. Haitian officials said the death toll was likely to be between 100,000 and 200,000 people. (CNS photo/Marco Dormino, MINUSTAH, Reuters)

The ruins of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption are seen at the end of a street in downtown Port-au-Prince, Jan. 19, in this photo from the United Nations. Water, food and other necessities were in short supply in the capital, much of which was in ruins after the Jan. 12 magnitude 7 earthquake. Haitian officials said the death toll was likely to be between 100,000 and 200,000 people. (CNS photo/Marco Dormino, MINUSTAH, Reuters)

A woman confronts a Canadian solider outside the Canadian embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19 after a radio station mistakenly announced that the embassy was giving away visas. Hundreds of survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake flocked to the building where they were confronted by armed Canadian soldiers. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Women are seen riding a bus out of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, Jan. 20. Residents are reportedly fleeing the city in search of safety and better food security in the countryside and smaller towns after a Jan. 12 earthquake. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

U.N. troops from Argentina keep the crowd back from a distribution of emergency supplies by Caritas Internationalis and Diakonie, a member of the ACT Alliance, in the Haitian city of Leogane. Hundreds of families in the town are homeless following a Jan. 12 earthquake, and the two church-sponsored agencies worked together to bring them help. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

People line up for the distribution of emergency supplies by Caritas Internationalis and Diakonie, a member of the ACT Alliance, in the Haitian city of Leogane Jan. 20. Hundreds of families in the town are homeless following a Jan. 12 earthquake, and the two church-sponsored agencies worked together to bring them help. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Earthquake survivors in the quake-ravaged Haitian city of Leogane unload emergency supplies provided by Caritas Internationalis and Diakonie, a member of the ACT Alliance, Jan. 20. Hundreds of families in the town are homeless following a Jan. 12 earthqu ake, and the two church-sponsored agencies worked together to bring them help. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Sister Patsy of the Missionaries of Charity Jan. 20 thanks a Belgian physician, Dr. Patrick van de Voorde from Gent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The sisters sent injured people they had picked up earlier from the streets for treatment at a makeshift hospita l run the Belgian First Aid and Support Team. Haitian officials said the death toll from the Jan. 12 earthquake was likely to be between 100,000 and 200,000 people. (CNS photo/Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters

Russian rescuers remove an earthquake victim from rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 15, three days after a catastrophic earthquake rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation. (CNS photo/Tatyana Makeyeva, Reuters)

Rescue workers from Mexico carry earthquake survivor Patrick Alhston, 25, out of the remains of St. Gerard University in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Daniel Aguilar, Reuters

People grapple for goods being thrown from a destroyed store in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, nearly a week following the catastrophic quake that rocked the impoverish Caribbean nation. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

A girl carries her sister at a camp with at least 50,000 people on the golf course in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18. Nearly a week after the massive earthquake, aid workers were struggling to get food and medical help to injured and hungry survivors, ma ny living in camps and on streets strewn with debris and decomposing bodies. (CNS photo/Jorge Silva, Reuters)

A child looks out over a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18. Nearly a week after the massive earthquake, aid workers were struggling to get food and medical help to injured and hungry survivors, many living in camps and on streets strewn wi th debris and decomposing bodies. (CNS photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters)

A boy runs after receiving a package from an aid distribution point in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18. The pace of food and medical aid deliveries picked up in earthquake-shattered Haiti, providing some hope to desperate survivors, but doctors worried di sease would be the next big challenge for the tens of thousands left injured and homeless. (CNS photo/Tatyana Makeyeva, Reuters)

A child stands beside a soldier after receiving an aid package in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18. The pace of food and medical deliveries picked up in earthquake-shattered Haiti, providing some hope to desperate survivors, but doctors worried disease wou ld be the next big challenge for the tens of thousands left injured and homeless a week ago. (CNS photo/Tatyana Makeyeva, Reuters)

A boy sits beside a sleeping relative at a hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18. The pace of food and medical aid deliveries picked up in earthquake-shattered Haiti, providing some hope to desperate survivors, but doctors worried disease would be t he next big challenge for the tens of thousands left injured and homeless a week ago. (CNS photo/Tatyana Makeyeva, Reuters)

U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne take position outside the remains of the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19. More than 11,000 U.S. military personnel are on the ground, on ships offshore or en route to assist with security and aid efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

A Haitian boy receives water from U.S. forces at a food distribution point in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19. More than 11,000 U.S. military personnel are on the ground, on ships offshore or en route to assist with security and aid efforts in earthquake- ravaged Haiti. (CNS photo/Jorge Silva, Reuters)

U.S. soldiers patrol downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19. More than 11,000 U.S. military personnel are on the ground, on ships offshore or en route to assist with security and aid efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. (CNS photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters)

A survivor of the Jan. 12 earthquake gives her daughter a bath amid the rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19. Water remains in short supply following the devastating quake. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake line up for gas at a gasoline station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

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