haiti earthquake victims photos

AP - A Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 aerial photo made during a joint Red Cross Red Crescent/ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Organization) aerial assessment mission and provided by The American Red Cross shows destroyed buildings in Haitis capital P

The 7-magnitude earthquake that hit Tuesday wrecked the Haitian capital's poor infrastructure, further limiting humanitarian efforts to reach victims. Estimates are that as many as 50,000 people died and tens of thousands of survivors are without foo

haiti earthquake victims photos

A young boy receivies treatment at a makeshift medical clinic at the UN logistics base in Port-au-Prince. Photograph: Logan Abassi/AFP/Getty Images

Residents pass by collapsed buildings - only a cross remains standing

Many poorly constructed homes were simply swept away by the magnitude of the quake

A large section of Haiti's National Palace was destroyed in the earthquake

Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, crumbled