Earthquake in Haiti five days

The security situation in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, where Tuesday's devastating earthquake, continues to deteriorate. Frequent cases of looting, robbery, fire and chaos prevented rescuers to carry out the work and distribute humanitarian and medical aid. Authorities were not counted 4,000 prisoners from the central prison of the city, destroyed by an earthquake.

The UN called the earthquake in Haiti, "the worst disaster", which had to deal with the organization, because of the complete incapacity of the local administration and the lack of any infrastructure.






A woman prays during Mass, which is carried out near the ruins of the main cathedral in the city of Port-au-Prince. About one hundred people took part in Sunday Mass next to the cathedral, which was completely destroyed by the earthquake on Tuesday. (AP Photo / Gregory Bull)



People gather among the debris on a street in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)



Old man who lies next to the destroyed building of the nursing home, fed breakfast, which consists of a few nuts. More than 100 old men and women, now living near the ruins of a nursing home, which was destroyed in the earthquake on Tuesday. Residents of nursing homes were left without food or care. From time to time they are helping two orderlies who remained with them. (AP Photo / Julie Jacobson)



Two elderly and disabled who have problems with the spine, sitting on a bench near his destroyed nursing home in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo / Julie Jacobson)



A woman sitting on the ruins of his nursing home in Port-au-Prince, which was destroyed by the earthquake on Tuesday. (AP Photo / Julie Jacobson)



Fight the looters of goods from a destroyed store in Port-au-Prince. UN peacekeepers patrolling the capital of Haiti reported that the situation in the city is heating up, and asked the local authorities and international organizations to provide assistance to improve safety, to protect survivors from looting. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)



Haitian police officer aiming a rifle at a man in the center of the business district of Port-au-Prince. The city continues rampant looting and violence. (Photo: Chris Hondros / Getty Images)



Looters ransacked the building destroyed by an earthquake on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Aircraft with rescuers and humanitarian aid have been sent to Haiti. Countries around the world, while, and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. (Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images)



11-year-old Jean Gerber, writhing in pain as a medic Buddy Davis removes a bandage to check the wound the boy. The picture was taken at the country club, which is used as an operational base of the 82nd Airborne Division in Port-au-Prince. Numerous groups of rescuers and medics concentrated on assistance to survivors of the powerful earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)



Looters fight for goods they pulled out of the collapsed buildings in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo / Julie Jacobson)



Rescuers carry the Dane Jens Christensen, a member of the United Nations, who minutes earlier pulled out of the collapsed headquarters building of the United Nations and are in a temporary clinic in Port-au-Prince. UN officials were trapped in the ruins, where they spent more than four days. (AP Photo / Julie Jacobson)



Haitians are stolen by a basin of burning corpses on a street in Port-au-Prince. Five days after a powerful earthquake, hundreds of residents of the capital continue to loot the destroyed shops in the city. (AP Photo / Gregory Bull)



Looters fight over a bag in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The situation in Haiti has worsened due to looting and robbery following the devastating January 12 earthquake. (AP Photo / Xinhua, David de la Paz)



Survivors of the earthquake are asked to water the American military from the 82nd Airborne Division. On Sunday, the US military handed out more than 9,000 bottles of water and 2,000 servings of food. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)



Haitian girls carry food and goods through the ruins near the National Cathedral on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo: Chris Hondros / Getty Images)



A crowd of Haitians lack products that emit from a nearby shop in the center of the business district on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo: Chris Hondros / Getty Images)



The old woman prays next to the ruins of his home in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo / Julie Jacobson)

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