One Year Later: Remembering the Haiti Earthquake
A father carries his duaghter after a major earthquake on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince,
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A woman gets her make-shift bed ready to spend the night in the streets amongst all the other wounded, following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince,
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Members of the Iceland Search & Rescue Team interview a Hatian man as they walk the streets of Port au Prince,
Medicins du Monde surgeons work on a patient in a makeshift operating theatre January 18, 2010 at the general hospital in
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US paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne division, 1st battalion 325 airborne infantry arrive to secure and install a new US base with food and water outside of Port au Prince on January 18, 2010, six days after an earthquake majoring 7.0 only open-ended Richter scale hit the Haitian capital. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
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Haitian people looks on a US Navy helicopter with US paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne division, 1st battalion 325 airborne infantry with food and water in Prince’s airport on January 18, 2010, six days after an earthquake majoring 7.0 only open-ended Richter scale hit the Haitian capital. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Presidential Palace is shown January 18, 2010 in
US Marines arrive in Leogane on January 19, 2010 a week after the country was shattered by a massive 7.0-magnitude quake. The Haitian government said 70,000 bodies had been buried in mass graves since the 7.0 earthquake flattened much of the impoverished Caribbean nation on January 12, triggering a massive humanitarian crisis. Officials fear the eventual death toll could top 200,000. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
Haitian market vendors display their stores in Jacmel on January 19, 2010 a week after the country was shattered by a massive 7.0-magnitude quake. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
Haitian earthquake survivors ride in Port-au-Prince on January 19, 2010 a week after the country was shattered by a massive 7.0-magnitude quake. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
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A boy receives food supplies at a refugee camp in
A woman walks on a street in Port-au-Prince on January 19, 2010. Thousands of residents have fled the city in recent days, saying they were tired of sleeping in the street, afraid of being robbed by ruthless gangs, or simply fearful that new powerful aftershocks might destroy buildings that still remain standing. (Photo by Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images)
A Haitian vendor waits for buyers at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince on 19 January, 20010. The Haitian government said that 75,000 people had been killed, 250,000 were injured and a million left homeless in the quake seven days ago. (Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)
A Haitian man waves the American flag during distribtion of relief goods at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince on 19 January, 20010. The Haitian government said that 75,000 people had been killed, 250,000 were injured and a million left homeless in the quake seven days ago. (Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)
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A man and his son lead their donkeys past mass graves where the bodies of victims of last week’s devastating earthquake are buried in mass graves near the town of Titanyen January 19, 2010 just outside
Haitian childen play at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince on 19 January, 20010. The Haitian government said Tuesday that 75,000 people had been killed, 250,000 were injured and a million left homeless in the quake seven days ago. (Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)
A Red Cross worker holds a baby who had been suffering from severe dehydration in the central hospital of
A Haitian vendor walks past a collapsed building in Jacmel on January 19, 2010 a week after the country was shattered by a massive 7.0-magnitude quake. The Haitian government said 70,000 bodies had been buried in mass graves since the 7.0 earthquake flattened much of the impoverished Caribbean nation on January 12, triggering a massive humanitarian crisis. Officials fear the eventual death toll could top 200,000. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Haitian earthquake survivor rides his bicycle past a collapsed building in Jacmel on January 19, 2010 a week after the country was shattered by a massive 7.0-magnitude quake. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
Haitian men wait for a job in front of the international airport in Port au Prince on January, 19, 2010. The Haitian government said 75,000 died in the quake, while 250,000 were injured and a million left homeless. Some officials have spoken of a final death toll as high as 200,000. (Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)
Children eat lunch in the Foyer de la Patience des Infantes orphanage February 15, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Earthquake survivors gather during services in Champ de Mars on the third of three days of mourning February 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Earthquake survivors collect bags of rice being distributed at Petionville Club, a former golf course that is now a massive tent city, February 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Earthquake survivors gather in Champ de Mars during services on the first of three days of mourning February 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Earthquake survivors gather in a tower in Champ de Mars during services on the second of three days of mourning February 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Earthquake survivors attend a funeral in the main cemetery February 6, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Earthquake survivors attempt to obtain bags of rice during a food distribution in the Cite Soleil neighborhood January 30, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A man wounded while scavenging crawls on the street as police and onlookers gather January 30, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Earthquake survivors gather in a tower in Champ de Mars during services on the second of three days of mourning February 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Children jump rope on February 16, 2010 near tents at a camp in Port au Prince, one month after a major earthquake shook Haiti on January 12, 2010 killing over 200,000 people and leaving over 1 million Haitians homeless. (Photo by EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Haitian children climb on a bus painted with the image of Jesus on February 16, 2010 in front of the damaged presidential palace in downtown Port-Au-Prince, more than a month after a major earthquake shook Haiti on January 12, 2010 killing over 200,000 people and leaving over 1 million Haitians homeless. (Photo by EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images)
Haitians carry water into their camp for earthquake survivors on February 16, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A month after more than 200,000 people died in Haiti’s devastating earthquake, people are struggling to get by. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Haitians take whatever they can salvage from a music school where hundreds of earthquake victims are believed buried under the rubble on February 16, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A month after more than 200,000 people died in Haiti’s devastating earthquake, people are struggling to get by. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)