One month after his world was shattered, Pierre Jean-Claude stands atop the ruins of what once was his home.
About 100 people lived in the building, not far from the centre of Port-au-Prince. Many of them still lie dead beneath the debris.
Among them are Jean-Claude's two boys, 16 and eight.
"I can't get anything out of the rubble," says Jean-Claude, a thin man who looks much older than his 48 years.
"I'd have to sift through four floors of concrete. I have nothing left. It's impossible."
The number killed by the earthquake is now estimated at between 212,000 to 230,000. No one really knows for certain how many people died. Many are buried in unmarked mass graves.
An estimated 300,000 were injured, the United Nations says.
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