The international race against time to search for the living trapped under the rubble
Rescue
Ena Zizi is rescued from the collapsed home of the priest at Port-au-Prince's Roman Catholic cathedral, Our Lady of the Assumption, by members of a Mexican search-and-rescue team.Paul Jeffrey / ACT Alliance / AP
Signs
A rescue worker paints a marker so other search teams will know what has transpired at the site.Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty
Fresh Air
Kiki, center, was rescued by American search-and-rescue teams after spending a week trapped inside his home in Nazan. He was lodged with his sister, who was rescued shortly afterward.Charles Eckert / Atlas Press
International Relief
Jens Kristensen, a U.N. staffer, smiles after being rescued from the rubble of the U.N. headquarters in Port-au-Prince that he had been trapped under for five days.Marco Dormino / UN / AFP / Getty
Resilience
Giovanni Momperousse, 6, was rescued from his family's apartment after being trapped for 72 hours.Nathan Weber / ZUMA
Reunion
Two-year-old Redjeson Hausteen Claude is reunited with his mother Daphnee Plaisin after being saved from a collapsed home by Belgian and Spanish rescuers.Gerald Herbert / AP
The Search Continues
A member of the Polish Urban Search and Rescue team stands on the roof of a destroyed house overlooking Port-au-Prince.Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
Rejuvenation
Zizi takes a badly needed drink of water after being trapped under rubble for a week.Paul Jeffrey / ACT Alliance / AP
Early Search
Before international search-and-rescue teams arrived, locals resorted to digging by hand for survivors.Olivier Laban-Mattei / AFP / Getty
Professionals
Search-and-rescue teams brought much needed equipment to aid in the search for survivors.Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White / U.S. Navy / Reuters
Heavy Duty
Equipment like this industrial-strength power saw is required to cut through the concrete and steel reinforcing bars under which many survivors are trapped.U.S. Navy / Getty
Nocturnal Search
Search-and-rescue teams continue their mission around the clock.Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White / U.S. Navy / Reuters
Proof of Life
Rescue workers use special search cameras to look for survivors under the debris.Gregory Bull / AP
Relief
Israeli rescuers carry an injured man from a collapsed tax-authority building, where he was trapped for four days.Juan Barreto / AFP / Getty
Listening for Survivors
Members of a Colombian search-and-rescue team signal as they listen on special devices for the sounds of a survivor at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince.Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty
