In Photo: Haiti Scarcity

Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Worsening the situation is this week's closure of Port-au-Prince's main seaport. The move left stranded scores of containers filled with critical items like food and medical supplies in a country where U.N. officials say half the population does not have enough to eat and 1.4 million are starving.

In Photo: Haiti Scarcity
Haiti Scarcity | Photo: AP/Odelyn Joseph, FILE

Pedestrians run for cover after hearing gunshots in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Worsening the situation is this week's closure of Port-au-Prince's main seaport. The move left stranded scores of containers filled with critical items like food and medical supplies in a country where U.N. officials say half the population does not have enough to eat and 1.4 million are starving.

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A youth walks by charred cars outside a police station set on fire by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Street vendors run during clashes between police and gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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A woman cooks at shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The violence as anti-government gangs battle police in the streets has crippled Haiti’s economy and made it extremely difficult for many of the country's most vulnerable to feed themselves.

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Residents flee their homes during clashes between police and gang member at the Portail neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Workers put down a fire set at an office of Haiti's power company during a protest to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Pedestrians run past an armored police car in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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A man pushes a cart past the body of a man shot by unidentified assailants in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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