Haiti Beseiged by Mud

• A woman walks through mud in Gonaives, Haiti. Haiti's President Rene Preval pleaded for long-term assistance in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 26.
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• This aerial photo shows the streets of Gonaives covered in mud. The U.N. World Food Program's director flew this Haitian city still encased in mud last week to draw global attention to the ongoing disaster that has enormously complicated the country's struggle to feed itself.
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• Furniture is stuck in the mud inside a house in Gonaives. The WFP said it has asked for $54 million to help Haiti recover from four killer storms but so far has received only $1 million.
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• A man removes mud from a pot in his home in Gonaives. WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said "concerted global action" will be needed in the country.
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• A man cleans up a mud-filled room at his home in Gonaives. Some families bail the mud from their houses, and mothers use muddy rags to wipe off kitchen utensils. Most residents have nowhere else to go.
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• A man stands with a shovel after he helped to remove mud from a medical center in Gonaives, Haiti. At least 194 people were killed by the tropical storms in less than a month this summer in Gonaives and the surrounding region, the largest share of a nationwide death toll of 425.
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• A book lies on the mud in a street of Gonaives.
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• A boy covered in mud sits on the floor of a church in Gonaives. More than 800,000 people in the country of 9 million have been affected by the storms, including more than 300,000 children.
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• A dog walks through the mud in a street in Gonaives.
  To help in Haiti, go to: World Food Program
  
  
  

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• A Gonaives woman tries to hold up her dress with muddy hands as she tries to clean the massive amounts of mud. The floods from Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike destroyed an estimated 60 percent of Haiti's food harvest.
  To help in Haiti, go to: World Food Program
  
  
  

  Ariana Cubillos, AP