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The fallout of this natural disaster is widespread, affecting as much as a third of the Caribbean nation's population, or roughly 2 million people. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Devastated  Natalie Tijor cries in the street after losing both her parents in the earthquake. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Caked On  A man covered with debris takes a moment to catch his breath after hunting in the rubble. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Support  People bring an injured woman to the main hospital in Port-au-Prince on a makeshift stretcher. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Nocturnal Rescue  American search and rescue teams work through the night to excavate three people, reported to be still alive and text messaging family in the U.S. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Overwhelming Grief  A mourner faints at the funeral of Christmide Sanon, a 16 year old girl who was killed when her home collapsed in the quake. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### In Need  A woman waits for medical treatment. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Numb  Bodies of the dead littered the streets, while the living, battered and bloody, came to terms with the devastation that surrounded them. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### In the Air  Helicopters fly over the heavily damaged Central Cathedral. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage by Getty for TIME ### Safety  Rescuers take the woman to receive treatment. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### The Threat of Disease  The dead are dumped into the back of a truck to expedite their removal. The decaying bodies represent a major health crisis for the survivors. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Harsh Reality  A young woman begs for her leg to not be amputated after doctors concluded that it had to be cut off. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Desperation  Two women frantically cry for a missing family member presumed buried under the rubble of a house in Port-au-Prince. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Ashes  People walk past a pile of bodies set afire. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Offering  A group of Haitians pray as a woman is treated at the Villa Creole Hotel. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Sorrow  A man cries outside a makeshift hospital near the cathedral in Port-au-Prince. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Worship  People attend mass outside the destroyed National Cathedral in Port-au-Prince. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Morgue  The dead are collected in a parking lot at the main hospital. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### In Horror  Onlookers watch as hundreds of dead bodies are collected. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Moving On  Refugees try to restart their lives in makeshift tent cities. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Getting A Trim  A man gets a shave in Leogane, Haiti six days after the earthquake hit. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Improvisation  Displaced Haitians rely on bedsheets, linens, or anything else they can scavenge to construct makeshift shelters. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Excavation  As rubble is cleared, lives lost in the quake continue to be uncovered. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Holding On  A refugee holds an injured child in a tent city. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Crisis  According to Haitian President René Préval, 7,000 people have been buried in a mass grave. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### In Need  People wait in line for hours for rations and potable water. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Anguish  A woman cries at her daughter's funeral. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Law and Disorder  A police officer uses a gun to break up a looting spree in the downtown business district of Port-au-Prince. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Crime  Sporadic looting has become an issue in Port-au-Prince. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Consequence  A man shot dead by police lies on the ground as looters continue to roam the streets in the downtown business district of Port-au-Prince. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Devastation  A nun walks amid the rubble where a Mexican team of rescuers searches for a missing priest who was buried near the Central Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, following a massive 7.0 earthquake that has killed an as of yet untold number of people. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage by Getty for TIME ### Patrol  Police officers walk through smoke after stopping looters in Port-au-Prince. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Apprehension  Looters are arrested by Police. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Escape  Haitians crowd onto a bus leaving the chaos of Port-au-Prince. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Vigilance  A group of women stand near their boxes during a looting spree in the downtown business district of Port-au-Prince. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Engulfed  Fires burn in the central downtown market district of Port-au-Prince. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Burial  Men carry a coffin to the already overflowing cemetery of Port-au-Prince. Shaul Schwarz / Reportage via Getty Images for TIME ### Lost  The body of a woman remains trapped under a collapsed hotel in downtown Port-au-Prince. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Loot  Residents set fire and loot a bank in the market area of downtown Port-au-Prince. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Heist  Looters run rampant in the market area in downtown Port-au-Prince. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Survival  No food, water or medical assistance has yet reached Leogane, Haiti. Residents of the town at the epicenter of the quake salvage materials from destroyed buildings to build temporary makeshift shelters on Jan. 18. Timothy Fadek / Polaris for TIME ### Resource  A man collects water from under a manhole in downtown Port-au-Prince, where broken water pipes have formed underground pools. 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