Inside Haiti: a country in turmoil

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Residents flee homes due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince

Haiti's political and social order has suffered repeated setbacks, from a presidential assassination to a major earthquake, aggravating a power vacuum increasingly filled by armed gangs vying for power.A drone view of the Jalousie neighbourhood after former President of the Senate Edgard Leblanc was named to lead the transitional council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 30.

Ricardo ArduengoA group of girls arrive at the Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral for their confirmation ceremony in Cap-Haitien, Haiti April 28. Ricardo ArduengoA man has his hair cut at an open air makeshift barber shop at the Antenor Firmin high school transformed into a shelter, were people live in poor conditions, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti May 1.

Ricardo ArduengoPeople displaced by gang war violence take refuge at the Antenor Firmin high school transformed into a shelter, living there in poor conditions in Port-au-Prince, Haiti May 1.

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