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Daily Life in Haiti

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A woman walks past a burning barricade set during a protest against insecurity, in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)

A woman walks past a burning barricade during a protest against widespread insecurity in Port-au-Prince’s Pétion-Ville neighborhood, Haiti, on April 2, 2025.(Photo by Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters)

A protester takes part in a demonstration demanding authorities take action to address the growing wave of violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 02 April 2025. (Photo by Mentor David Lorens/EPA/EFE)

A protester demonstrates in Port-au-Prince on April 2, 2025, demanding authorities take action against a growing wave of violent crime.(Photo by Mentor David Lorens/EPA/EFE)

A man rides his motorcycle past a burning barricade during a protest against insecurity, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Fildor Pq Egeder/Reuters)

A man rides his motorcycle past a burning barricade during an anti-insecurity protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 16, 2025.(Photo by Fildor Pq Egeder/Reuters)

A displaced woman holds her baby inside a school that is now operating as a shelter for those fleeing their homes to escape gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A displaced woman holds her baby inside a school that is now operating as a shelter for those fleeing their homes to escape gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A child does homework at a school operating as a shelter for those fleeing gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A motorcyclist rides past a burning barricade during a protest against gang violence and to demand the resignation of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 15, 2025.(Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A woman rests at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A woman rests at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A motorcyclist rides past a burning barricade during a protest against gang-related violence and to demand the resignation of Haiti's transitional presidential council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Jean Feguens Regala/Reuters)

A motorcyclist rides past a burning barricade during a protest against gang-related violence and to demand the resignation of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Jean Feguens Regala/Reuters)

Young people dance during a Flag Day celebration, in Cabo Haitiano, Haiti, 18 May 2025. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime called for national unity and collective effort to create the conditions for a constitutional-reform referendum and 'free, inclusive, and credible' elections in a country mired in a deep crisis that has gone a decade without holding a vote. (Photo by Patrice Noel/EPA)

Young people dance during a Flag Day celebration, in Cabo Haitiano, Haiti, 18 May 2025. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime called for national unity and collective effort to create the conditions for a constitutional-reform referendum and ‘free, inclusive, and credible’ elections in a country mired in a deep crisis that has gone a decade without holding a vote. (Photo by Patrice Noel/EPA)

A child sits in a walkway at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A child sits in a walkway at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A woman combs the hair of another at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A woman combs the hair of another at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A man sleeps on a car at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A man sleeps on a car at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

People attend the funeral ceremony of policeman Arisnord Descobeth, who was killed by unidentified individuals in Debussy on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Notre-Dame du Perpetuel Secours church in Port-au-Prince. Haiti, Monday July 07, 2025. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

People attend the funeral ceremony of policeman Arisnord Descobeth, who was killed by unidentified individuals in Debussy on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Notre-Dame du Perpetuel Secours church in Port-au-Prince. Haiti, Monday July 07, 2025. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A worker pounds into rock to make gravel and sand in Kenscoff, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A worker pounds into rock to make gravel and sand in Kenscoff, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

People displaced by gang violence live at a Mormon church converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, August 18, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

People displaced by gang violence live in a Mormon church converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on August 18, 2025.(Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

People displaced by gang violence live at the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications office converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

People displaced by gang violence live inside the converted Ministry of Public Works building, now a shelter, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on September 9, 2025.(Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A woman walks a schoolgirl to class as the academic year begins after a U.N. vote to expand a security mission in a capital largely controlled by armed gangs and where conflict has displaced over a million people, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Egeder Pq Fildor/Reuters)

A woman walks a schoolgirl to class on the first day of school, following a U.N. vote to expand a security mission in the gang-controlled capital, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 1, 2025.(Photo by Egeder Pq Fildor/Reuters)

A woman cries during a collective funeral for eight people killed in a drone strike last month, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 4, 2025. Drones targeting a suspected gang leader in a gang-controlled slum of Port-au-Prince killed eleven civilians on September 20. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy/AFP Photo)

A woman cries during a collective funeral for eight people killed in a drone strike last month, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 4, 2025. Drones targeting a suspected gang leader in a gang-controlled slum of Port-au-Prince killed eleven civilians on September 20. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy/AFP Photo)

A motorcycle driver navigates a street covered with trash in downtown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, October 15, 2025. (Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

A motorcycle driver navigates a trash-covered street in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 15, 2025.(Photo by Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo)

Julia Everson
Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.