Haitian earthquake: in pictures
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti was hit by a heavy earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on Tuesday, killing an unknown number of people, and destroying up to ten percent of buildings in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
No official death toll has been released as of yet, although the United Nations says that up to fifty thousand people may potentially have been killed. An estimated 300,000 more were left without homes.
In a special photo report, Wikinews looks at the extensive damage caused by the disaster.
To find more information about a certain image or to enlarge it, click it. For an in-depth textual report on the same subject, please see Haiti relief efforts: in depth.
Downtown Port-au-Prince from a bird's-eye perspective. Only a few buildings remain completely intact, most have been either damaged or completely leveled.
Image: UNDP.Another aerial image of downtown. Rubble lines the city streets.
Image: UNDP.Makeshift tents set up in a city square.
Image: UNDP.A man exits a restaurant after looking for his belongings.
Image: UNDP.The national palace, housing Haitian president Rene Preval, sustained serious damage. Both the president and his wife, however, survived the earthquake.
Image: UNDP.Another shot of the presidential palace.
Image: UNDP.A poor neighbourhood in the capital. Again, most buildings have collapsed or sustained significant damage.
Image: UNDP.The Hotel Montana, once five storeys tall, now lies in a collapsed heap in Port-au-Prince.
Image: UNDP.Haitian civilians receiving assistance in a makeshift camp set up by the Brazilian Army in Port-au-Prince
Image: Agencia Brasil.Brazilian soldiers in the camp giving medical aid to victims
Image: Agencia Brasil.Another shot of the impromptu camp
Image: Agencia Brasil.Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim and Commander of the Army Enzo Peri board a Brazilian Air Force plane headed to Haiti, to join relief efforts
Image: Agencia Brasil.United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) peacekeepers trying to find survivors in the wreckage of a building
Image: UNDP.A small boy receiving medical treatment by MINUSTAH members at their logistics base
Image: UNDP.A body pulled out from the rubble of a school that collapsed after the earthquake
Image: UNDP.Another body being pulled out of the school
Image: UNDP.
Related news
- "Haiti relief efforts: in depth" — Wikinews, January 15, 2010
- "Countries around the world send aid, help to Haiti" — Wikinews, January 14, 2010
- "Details emerge in Haiti earthquake; thousands feared dead" — Wikinews, January 13, 2010
- "7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Haitian coast" — Wikinews, January 12, 2010
Sources
- "Haiti quake aid effort hampered by blockages" — BBC News Online, January 15, 2010
- "Aid struggles to reach Haitians" — Al Jazeera, January 15, 2010