Surgeon Jose Sanchez (L) from Spain operates on a soldier at a health clinic run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), after the patient was brought in with four-day old shrapnel wounds and a leg shattered by a rocket propelled grenade explosion, in the town of Nasir in southeastern Sudan, June 21, 2009. Tribal violence in south Sudan that has killed hundreds of people in recent months and displaced thousands more in the past week. Attacks stemming from disputes over cattle have escalated in recent months in south Sudan between two rival ethnic groups in an area where livestock are prized by southern pastoralists and represent wealth, status and stability in fraught times. Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

Surgeon Jose Sanchez (L) from Spain operates on a soldier at a health clinic run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), after the patient was brought in with four-day old shrapnel wounds and a leg shattered by a rocket propelled grenade explosion, in the town of Nasir in southeastern Sudan, June 21, 2009. Tribal violence in south Sudan that has killed hundreds of people in recent months and displaced thousands more in the past week. Attacks stemming from disputes over cattle have escalated in recent months in south Sudan between two rival ethnic groups in an area where livestock are prized by southern pastoralists and represent wealth, status and stability in fraught times.

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  1. A girl with a cast on her left arm is seen at the makeshift camp for earthquake survivors in the Doctors Without Borders compound in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced after the Jan. 12 earthquake left the city in ruins.
  2. In this photo provided by michaelthemaven.com, a man who identified himself as Evans Monsigrace, 28, is attended at the Salvation Army medical center after being brought in by two men in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating Monsigrace, who, according to two Haitian men who brought him, had been trapped in rubble since the Jan. 12 earthquake, and he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal. The men's account could not be confirmed by doctors at a university field hospital or at a Salvation Army medical center where Monsigrace, emaciated and suffering from dehydration, was first brought.
  3. In this photo provided by michaelthemaven.com, a man who identified himself as Evans Monsigrace, 28, sits at the Salvation Army medical center in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating Monsigrace, who, according to two Haitian men who brought him, had been trapped in rubble since the Jan. 12 earthquake, and he may have been provided food and water. The men's account could not be confirmed by doctors at a university field hospital or at a Salvation Army medical center where Monsigrace, emaciated and suffering from dehydration, was first brought.
  4. UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie waves as she arrives to a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Jolie has previously visited Iraq, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries with UNHCR.
  5. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, center, arrives to a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Jolie has previously visited Iraq, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries with UNHCR.
  6. UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie waves as she arrives to a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Jolie has previously visited Iraq, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries with UNHCR.
  7. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, top right, arrives to a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Jolie has previously visited Iraq, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries with UNHCR.
  8. Medical instruments of a British team of doctors sit on a tray during a surgery to amputate the right leg of Emmanuel Etan at their field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Etan was injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands.
  9. A translator sits with Emmanuel Etan as a team of British doctors amputate his right leg at their field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Etan was injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands.
  10. A translator sits with Emmanuel Etan as a team of British doctors amputate his right leg at their field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Etan was injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands.
  11. Emmanuel Etan, 21, is placed on a stretcher before surgery by a team of British doctors to amputate his right leg at their field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Etan was injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands.
  12. Emmanuel Etan, 21, rests as his mother Louise Etan looks on before a team of British doctors amputated his right leg at their field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands.
  13. A woman, who says she is the mother of an earthquake survivor, speaks to the media outside The University of Miami hospital base at the international airport in Port-au-Prince February 8, 2010. Residents found a 28-year-old male earthquake survivor amid the rubble on Monday, doctors from the hospital confirmed. Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake on January 12, 2010.
  14. A woman, who says she is the mother of an earthquake survivor, speaks to the media outside The University of Miami hospital base at the international airport in Port-au-Prince February 8, 2010. Residents found a 28-year-old male earthquake survivor amid the rubble on Monday, doctors from the hospital confirmed.
  15. Doctors from The University of Miami hospital speak during a news conference at the international airport in Port-au-Prince February 8, 2010. Residents found a 28-year-old male earthquake survivor amid the rubble on Monday, doctors from the hospital confirmed. Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake on January 12, 2010.
  16. A man, who says he is the brother of an earthquake survivor, speaks to the media outside The University of Miami hospital base at the international airport in Port-au-Prince February 8, 2010. Residents found a 28-year-old male earthquake survivor amid the rubble on Monday, doctors from the hospital confirmed. Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake on January 12, 2010.

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