An injured woman is helped down the street after being rescued. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti Wednesday as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands.
Haitians search a destroyed building
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People search for survivors amongst the ruins of the childrens hospital.
Displaced people gather on Place Boyer in Petion-Ville to spend the night.
A member of the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam points on a screen, that shows earthquake alerts in the region of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, on their own developed GEOFON software, an earthquake alert system.
Debris litters the street in Haiti.
Haitian residents sit outside of a demolished building.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton briefs reporters travelling with her on the earthquake in Haiti.
An injured elderly woman is carried through the rubble in Port-au-Prince.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami speaks during a press conference to announce the departure of an aid mission to Port-au-Prince.
Los Angeles County Fire Department urban search and rescue team members load U.S. Agency for International Development supplies to be flown to Haiti.
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