Haiti: the struggle for survival in Port-au-Prince

A Haitian policeman on patrol after firing on looters on Boulevard Jean Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA Photograph: Shawn Thew/guardian.co.uk The body of a looter near the Hypolite Market Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Olivier Laban Mattei/guardian.co.uk Residents of the Petinville neighbourhood reach out to receive food distributed by the UN World Food Program. Aid agencies are struggling against major logistical problems Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images Photograph: Win McNamee/guardian.co.uk A Haitian police officer tries to stop people taking bundles of clothing they found in a collapsed building Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/guardian.co.uk Looters fight for items from a store Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Photograph: Carlos Barria/guardian.co.uk People wait for food rations Photograph: Kena Betancur/Reuters Photograph: Kena Betancur/guardian.co.uk A looter runs from a destroyed building Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Photograph: Joe Raedle/guardian.co.uk People walk down a street where several fires burn Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP Photograph: Gregory Bull/guardian.co.uk A Haitian fuel station attendant holds cash as he pours petrol for queueing people Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Juan Barreto/guardian.co.uk A Haitian man carries his possessions up a hill past a destroyed neighbourhood Photograph: Logan Abassi/United Nations Photos/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Logan Abassi/United Nations Photos/guardian.co.uk A policeman holds a man at gunpoint during a looting spree Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images Photograph: Chris Hondros/guardian.co.uk A Haitian woman washes her clothes at the Jean Jacques Dessalines park Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Luis Acosta/guardian.co.uk A man carries metal bars salvaged from the rubble Photograph: Ana-Bianca Marin/Reuters Photograph: Ana-Bianca Marin/guardian.co.uk Scavengers walk over rubble as a fire burns below Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/guardian.co.uk A policeman patrols downtown Port-au-Prince to discourage looting Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/guardian.co.uk A woman prays over her daughter's bed at a UN field hospital Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images Photograph: Win McNamee/guardian.co.uk People bathe communally with the limited water available Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/guardian.co.uk Haitian police arrest men they found carrying a machete Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Photograph: Uriel Sinai/guardian.co.uk Israeli rescuers retrieve an injured survivor from a ruined building Photograph: David de la Paz/AP/Xinhua Photograph: David de la Paz/guardian.co.uk People loot a a damaged store Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AP Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/guardian.co.uk