Peter Power's scenes from Port-au-Prince
Globe and Mail photographer Peter Power bears witness to the devastation wrought in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by last week's earthquake.
A young woman who was rescued from a destroyed building on the day of the quake lies quietly while residents and aid workers debate what to do with her because her injuries required treatment that the medics on hand were not able to administer.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A young woman who was rescued from a destroyed building on the day of the quake lies quietly while residents and aid workers debate what to do with her. Her injuries required treatment that the medics on hand were not able to administer.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Zack, a search dog belonging to Canadian Mark Pullen, centre, is helped into the ruins of a crumbled school to search for survivors. They are working with crews from various countries to locate people who may still be alive. Pullen is a firefighter from Burnaby, B.C., and a volunteer with the Canadian Search and Disaster Dog Association.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Search and rescue personnel from England are aided by a local to clear away rubble from inside a building to try to gain access to an elderly man who was found alive inside this residence Saturday _ the fifth day after the quake.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Zack, a search dog, and owner Mark Pullen, work together to help crews from various countries locate people who may still be alive in the rubble of the devastating Haitian earthquake last week. Pullen is a firefighter from Burnaby, B.C., and a volunteer with the Canadian Search and Disaster Dog Association.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A bedroom is exposed to the elements after an exterior wall fell away during last week's earthquake.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Sister Therese Lagrange, a Canadian, greets others in her order, The Sisters of Saint Anne, at their convent in Port-au-Prince. Their convent withstood the quake but suffered some structural damage.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A cross rises up above the devastation in Port-au-Prince from atop the convent of the Sisters of Saint Anne, a Canadian order whose building withstood the earthquake.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Men dig through the rubble of a collapsed building in downtown Port-au-Prince on Jan. 15, 2010.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Civilian aid workers from Mexico and Israel try to access the lower levels of a seven-storey school that collapsed. Neighbours ear that as many as 200 people were inside when the building collapsed.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A boy in a Santa Claus hat surveys the damage to a Port-au-Prince building on Jan. 15, 2010.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Residents don gas masks to deal with post-earthquake conditions in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 15, 2010.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
People watch as civilians and crews from Mexico and Israel work to find survivors and recover bodies from a school that collapsed.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A woman stands above an entire neighbourhood that appears to have sunk into its surroundings. Her sister's body lies covered by a sheet in the distance.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A woman's body lies covered atop what was once her home. Her sister said survivors demanded money to remove the body.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A body is removed from a collapsed building after being recovered by a group of civilians.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
The body of a man is visible between collapsed upper levels of a seven-storey school, Centre Technique St. Gerard.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A man works his way through an area of homes that have all collapsed.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Port-au-Prince residents are doing anything they can to block the stench that is in the air, from placing citrus peels beneath their noses to wearing disinfectant cream, to even wearing a gas mask like this man at a scene where a school had collapsed and crews were digging for survivors and bodies.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
At the Centre Technique St. Gerard school in Port-au-Prince, people fear that as many as 200 people were inside when the building collapsed.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail