![Odelyn Joseph Edgard Leblanc Fils, left, and Smith Augustin prepare to pose for a group photo with the transitional council after it named Fils as its president in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The transitional council will act as the country’s presidency until it can arrange presidential elections sometime before it disbands, which must be by February 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7552bf9ad59549c8b21cb611a6f44bdb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Edgard Leblanc Fils, left, and Smith Augustin prepare to pose for a group photo with the transitional council after it named Fils as its president in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The transitional council will act as the country’s presidency until it can arrange presidential elections sometime before it disbands, which must be by February 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
![Ramon Espinosa A shoeshiner walks past a bloodied body being removed by forensic workers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Forensics said the body had gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b2bbfdb11cc047978803828312a3730c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A shoeshiner walks past a bloodied body being removed by forensic workers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Forensics said the body had gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Odelyn Joseph IDENTIFIES TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS - Transitional Council members, from left to right; Fritz Alphonse Jean, Laurent Saint-Cyr, Frinel Joseph, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Regine Abraham, Emmanuel Vertilaire, Smith Augustin, Leslie Voltaire and Louis Gerald Gilles, pose for a group photo after a ceremony to name its president and a prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Fils was chosen as the president of the panel. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/be42c11514fe4be3964930e28a877f11/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
IDENTIFIES TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS - Transitional Council members, from left to right; Fritz Alphonse Jean, Laurent Saint-Cyr, Frinel Joseph, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Regine Abraham, Emmanuel Vertilaire, Smith Augustin, Leslie Voltaire and Louis Gerald Gilles, pose for a group photo after a ceremony to name its president and a prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Fils was chosen as the president of the panel. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
![Odelyn Joseph Transitional council member Frisnel Joseph speaks during a ceremony to name its president and a prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The transitional council will act as the country’s presidency until it can arrange presidential elections sometime before it disbands, which must be by February 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4fa408b66d4c4cd9849cd5f8ba324ba1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Transitional council member Frisnel Joseph speaks during a ceremony to name its president and a prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The transitional council will act as the country’s presidency until it can arrange presidential elections sometime before it disbands, which must be by February 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
![Odelyn Joseph Edgard Leblanc Fils speaks after the transitional council named him president of the council in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The transitional council will act as the country’s presidency until it can arrange presidential elections sometime before it disbands, which must be by February 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fb1c027f49244ac5a74aec40bec4522e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Edgard Leblanc Fils speaks after the transitional council named him president of the council in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The transitional council will act as the country’s presidency until it can arrange presidential elections sometime before it disbands, which must be by February 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
![Ramon Espinosa A police officer stands guard as forensic workers remove a bloodied body from the sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The forensic workers said the body had gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/58e1d8c5578c4ebba276d1606b95e45e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A police officer stands guard as forensic workers remove a bloodied body from the sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The forensic workers said the body had gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Police patrol near the National Palace amid the sound of gunshots in the distance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bce226ceb42e4e2483e26fcf353fe686/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police patrol near the National Palace amid the sound of gunshots in the distance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa People walk past a forensics van holding a bloodied body after the body was removed from the sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Forensics said the body had gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/856dd08413b14e66b230ecf67a305180/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People walk past a forensics van holding a bloodied body after the body was removed from the sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Forensics said the body had gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Street vendors move their booth after gunshots broke out near the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/912fb8a521cf494cb7387a58df186a69/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Street vendors move their booth after gunshots broke out near the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa People walk past the bloodied body of a person lying on the sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Forensics, who said the body had gunshot wounds, took the body away. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e1443488ae1742d6a059eb86c3053961/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People walk past the bloodied body of a person lying on the sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Forensics, who said the body had gunshot wounds, took the body away. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)