In pictures: Haiti earthquake aftermath

A major earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the richter scale, struck the impoverished nation of Haiti on Tuesday 12 January 2010. The quake was the most powerful to hit the Caribbean country in 200 years.
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People wander the streets in front of the remains of a boarding school in the downtown area of Port-au-Prince on 13 January, 2010.
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A man carries an injured person along a destroyed area of Port-au-Prince on 14 January, 2010.
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People pick through the rubble of their home in Port-au-Prince, 14 January, 2010.
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Injured people are seen at a makeshift field hospital on 13 January, 2010 in Port-au-Prince.
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Children peer out from a hole of a makeshift shelter after the major earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January, 2010.
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People walk in front of a cathedral building destroyed by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince.
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People line up for food distributed by UN forces in Port-au-Prince on 14 January, 2010.
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A makeshift campsite for where people are sheltering in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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Residents of Port-au-Prince stand among debris in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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People look for bodies under the remains of a building destroyed by the massive earthquake on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince.
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Oxfam staff set up a water bladder to distribute over 10,000 litres of water to those worst affected by the earthquake.
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People queue to collect water from an Oxfam distribution.
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