Haiti, two years on

The earthquake-damaged National Palace as seen from the Fort Nationale neighborhood in Port-au-Prince in November 2011. Keystone

Fearing Tropical Storm Emily, men try to tie down their tent, which serves as their home, with scraps of material in the slum area of Cite Soleil in August 2011. Hundreds of thousands of people are vulnerable to high winds, torrential rains and dangerous floods and landslides. Reuters

Amputee patients who lost legs during the 2010 earthquake wait at a centre run by Handicap International to undergo rehabilitative therapy in Port-au-Prince. Reuters

Praying at a cathedral in Port-au-Prince destroyed by the earthquake. Keystone

New Haitian President Michel Martelly stands with his family after being sworn in on May 14, 2011, in Port-au-Prince. AFP

A man carries an iron bed at the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince on Christmas Eve 2011. Keystone

A shop on Port-au-Prince's Grand Rue. Keystone

Haitian presidential guards lower the Haitian flag in April 2011 in front of the destroyed presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. AFP

A vendor pulls a cart of recycled earthquake rubble and debris through downtown Port-au-Prince in March 2011. AFP

Ex-dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier gets back into his vehicle after touring the ruins of his late mother's home in Leogane in February 2011. Keystone

A supporter of Haiti's ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide prays in front of hanging pictures of Aristide and Haitian flags at the Aristide Foundation in Port-au-Prince in March 2011. Keystone

A boy carries a bucket of water in Port-au-Prince in November 2011. Keystone

A man repairs his motorcycle in Port-au-Prince next to portraits of US President Barack Obama, Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and Haiti's ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Keystone

Mamoune Destin, 33, stands in her tent on January 1, 2012, at the Beaubin camp for people displaced by the earthquake in Petionville. Keystone

Children watch rubbish burn during a rain storm in Port-au-Prince. Keystone

Insecurity on a daily basis.

This content was published on January 10, 2012 - 16:00

Two years after the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, which killed more than 250,000 people, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless. Those who have found somewhere to live are often worse off than before. The reconstruction process is bogged down by a lack of political leadership, the result of a disorganised electoral process. (Images: Keystone, Reuters and AFP)

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Faces of disaster

This content was published on Jan 12, 2011 swissinfo’s Thomas Kern travelled to Haiti and took these photographs of people in the Fort National neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince – a poor, densely populated maze of narrow streets and one-room shelters. It was among the hardest hit areas. Many residents moved to the makeshift campsite in Champs de Mars and have been unable to return.

Haiti devastation

This content was published on Jan 13, 2010 The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears hundreds of people may have died. Haiti’s worst quake in more than a century hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, wrecking the presidential palace, UN headquarters and countless other buildings.