At least 304 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti on August 14, the country's civil protection agency said in an update on the toll. At least 1,800 people are injured and others remain unaccounted for. /CFP
Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who flew over the region to survey the damage, declared a month-long state of emergency. The prime minister promised to mobilize all available government resources to help victims as research and rescue operations continued. /CFP