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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Earthquake survivor

U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Rioni gives water to a dehydrated child in the village of Bonel January 19, 2010. Rioni is a member of a maritime civil affairs team embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) stationed near Port-au-Prince, supporting Operation Unified Response. A new earthquake shook the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince early on January 20, 2010, rattling already wrecked buildings and triggering panic among survivors of last week's devastating quake.



A young earthquake survivor gestures after being pulled out of the rubble by rescuers in Port-au-Prince in this January 19, 2010 video grab. A new earthquake shook the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince early on Wednesday, rattling already wrecked buildings and triggering panic among survivors of last week's devastating quake


A young earthquake survivor lies on a stretcher after being pulled out of the rubble by rescuers in Port-au-Prince in this January 19, 2010 video grab. A new earthquake shook the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince early on January 20, 2010, rattling already wrecked buildings and triggering panic among survivors of last week's devastating quake


A Haitian orphan huddles on the ground with other orphans in a tent set up by the Dutch Urban Search and Rescue team at the UN compound located in Port-au-Prince January 20, 2010. The Dutch and Luxembourg Foreign and Justice Ministries speeded up the process of naturalization of some 130 orphans into their respective countries on Wednesday and will fly them to the Dutch city of Eindhoven where they are expected to be adopted by their new parents on January 21, 2010.



A young earthquake survivor is carried after being pulled out of the rubble by rescuers in Port-au-Prince in this January 19, 2010 video grab. A new earthquake shook the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince early on January 20, 2010, rattling already wrecked buildings and triggering panic among survivors of last week's devastating quake.


photo: Reuters