PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An anguished cry in Creole echoed across the battered south of Haiti on Sunday as a devastated people sought to rescue friends, neighbors and loved ones from the rubble left by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake. Support our journalism.... Many, many victims. The death toll from the earthquake that shook this Caribbean nation on Saturday rose to nearly 1, 300, authorities said, as government officials sought aid from U.S. first responders.... But they were unable to save a 47

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A few blocks from the gang-controlled neighborhoods where Haiti’s warlords have been massacring residents and torching homes, it is hard to separate sanctuary from perdition inside the red metal gates of St.... Yves, where more than 1, 100 impoverished Haitians — refugees in their own capital city — are sharing nine bathrooms, some of which don’t work.... A thin man brushed flies from a rotting slice of soursop....