Ruined scenes after catastrophe
2010-01-14 10:21:47 GMT2010-01-14 18:21:47 (Beijing Time)
Reuters
A combination photo shows the presidential palace before (bottom) and after the January 12, 2010 earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation in Port-au-Prince. A major earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and left the Caribbean nation appealing for international help. Pictures taken January 13, 2010 (top) and May 11, 2006 (bottom).(Reuters Photo)
A view of the Canape-Vert area after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010.(Reuters Photo)
A view of the Canape-Vert area after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010.(Reuters Photo)
Resident walk next to a dead body after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010.(Reuters Photo)
A resident looks at debris being removed from the national palace after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. The death toll in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake could run to tens of thousands, the country's president said on Wednesday, a day after the quake demolished schools, hospitals, houses and hillside shanties across the crowded and impoverished capital. (Reuters Photo)
The death toll in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake could run to tens of thousands, the country's president said on Wednesday, a day after the quake demolished schools, hospitals, houses and hillside shanties across the crowded and impoverished capital.
