Haiti death toll continues to rise

The rescue and clean-up operation in Haiti continues following the powerful 7.0 earthquake which killed thousands of people struck last week reducing the capital Port-au-Prince to rubble. (Getty Images)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Haiti's President Rene Preval to discuss conditions in the country. (Getty Images)

Residents of Port-au-Prince reach out for water distributed outside the Hospital Espoire by the humanitarian group Save the Children. Aid has been slow to make it through to survivors. (Getty Images)

A Haitian woman cooks food in a displaced persons camp. Many people have been forced to sleep outside as the rescue effort struggles to gain momentum. (Getty Images)