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Photos: A Determined Quest For Essentials
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A Haitian man grips his knife as he prepares to enter a shop near downtown Port-au-Prince Sunday.
All photos by David Gilkey
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He emerges with a bag of goods, prepared to defend himself from others seeking food.
Photos by David Gilkey
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Even after police fire shots in the air, another group returns to the building, passing the items out as quickly as they can.
Photos by David Gilkey
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A Haitian man, draped in a French flag, guards a government building with a shotgun near the Port-au-Prince waterfront.
Photos by David Gilkey
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A man who has retrieved a pair of scissors from the rubble defends his actions to the guard.
Photos by David Gilkey
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A Haitian man removes a bundle of goods from a collapsed store near Port-au-Prince.
Photos by David Gilkey
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Haitian men distribute water and soda they took from a market in shambles.
Photos by David Gilkey
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Haitians gather outside a store to buy rice and wheat in downtown Port-au-Prince. Food is scarce and prices have skyrocketed since Tuesday.
Photos by David Gilkey
