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Haitians scramble to survive, seeking food, water and safety as gang violence chokes the capital
![Ramon Espinosa Neighbors raise a metal gate as they work to install it as a barricade as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/89b3215cc73d48df99c3d3cebf8602b6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Neighbors raise a metal gate as they work to install it as a barricade as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa A man lifts a chain being used as a barricade for neighbors to pass into the neighborhood as they work to prepare a metal gate to protect themselves from gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8b81ed6847f04262a6ce8e72ecbdd7d1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A man lifts a chain being used as a barricade for neighbors to pass into the neighborhood as they work to prepare a metal gate to protect themselves from gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - A vendor balances on his head a bag filled with smaller bags of water in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/85b1459286bd4c6fabe1d53f549e466c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A vendor balances on his head a bag filled with smaller bags of water in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Ramon Espinosa A resident uses a loudspeaker to ask neighbors for a donation to pay for a metal gate to be installed as a barricade as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b360adc4077e488aa7460b26d719042b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A resident uses a loudspeaker to ask neighbors for a donation to pay for a metal gate to be installed as a barricade as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Neighbors raise a metal gate as they work to install it as a barricade against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9ce63f0541204a90918e5ffbbafa78fb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Neighbors raise a metal gate as they work to install it as a barricade against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Neighbors raise a metal gate as they work to install as a barricade as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/97269f8471424b849058a7ff04cecb87/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Neighbors raise a metal gate as they work to install as a barricade as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Neighbors pass in and out of a passageway as others erect a metal gate as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e77d2d08ffe04367b232d4fc54282175/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Neighbors pass in and out of a passageway as others erect a metal gate as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Ramon Espinosa Neighbors pass in and out of a passageway as others erect a metal gate as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d6c12d6d4edb4ed6bc1c9dfcb1ec7856/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Neighbors pass in and out of a passageway as others erect a metal gate as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - Motorcyclists navigate around a charred body lying in the road as pedestrians walk past, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aa25f58675ca48d9b95e553f2f4e6438/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Motorcyclists navigate around a charred body lying in the road as pedestrians walk past, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - People look at a body after an overnight shooting in the Petion Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/95593cf51b3b45c09d5d79509cf668cd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - People look at a body after an overnight shooting in the Petion Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - Street vendors withdraw from the area where they were selling their bread, near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/98101fd2394b4e7fa51f3ff22aa1037b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Street vendors withdraw from the area where they were selling their bread, near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - Laundry hangs to dry om makeshift clotheslines as children play in the courtyard of a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8afdce250218434f8330b7830aad8d72/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Laundry hangs to dry om makeshift clotheslines as children play in the courtyard of a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Ramon Espinosa A man, who says he was shot in the hand by a gang member, is treated at a Doctors Without Borders emergency room in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1579cd3e25ba47458d1e33ee57a27358/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A man, who says he was shot in the hand by a gang member, is treated at a Doctors Without Borders emergency room in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - People crowd around a fuel pump at a gas station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/220b368bc2f04920a7cf517ac29dff78/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - People crowd around a fuel pump at a gas station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Ramon Espinosa Neighbors pass in and out of a passageway as others erect a metal gate as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/db1f6cb8b3224414a6c201bc52a56524/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Neighbors pass in and out of a passageway as others erect a metal gate as protection against gangs, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - Youth take cover after hearing gunshots at a public school that serves as a shelter for people displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8948a8d9bdf940e3a8d334b307f9f0e6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Youth take cover after hearing gunshots at a public school that serves as a shelter for people displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - Residents fill their containers with potable water, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/460b0a75000d42f79d47138c3297a39f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Residents fill their containers with potable water, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - A child watches from an opening in a security gate as residents flee their homes due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a531811b2ab24187aa080a0df72d2f55/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A child watches from an opening in a security gate as residents flee their homes due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - A vendor carries empty containers for fuel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/09e309be9422413bbc97672a0dcedbe3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A vendor carries empty containers for fuel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f2766da6ea6f4562bb950ea4507ec99d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)