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US National Guardsmen help clean up the streets of Buffalo, New York, after it was snowed in by a monster storm that killed dozens in the United States over the Christmas weekend. IMAGES
Les Cayes, Aug 16 (EFE).- Hospitals here in the nearest city to the epicenter of the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that rocked southwestern Haiti's Tiburon peninsula over the weekend were stretched to their limits Monday.The death toll has reached 1,419, while at least 6,900 other people were hurt, according to the latest figures from the administration of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.At the General Hospital in Les Cayes, a city of roughly 100,000 residents, the flow of patients was so great that staff took to labeling them with numbers affixed to their foreheads. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: PATIENTS OUTSIDE THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, IN LES CAYES, HAITI.
Tapachula, Mexico, Aug 5 (EFE).- Members of Mexico's National Guard were deployed Thursday to quell a disturbance among migrants from various countries outside an office of the Comar refugee assistance agency.The Comar branch in Tapachula, a city on the border with Guatemala, reopened Thursday after shutting down for nearly a week to allow Covid-19 pandemic cleaning and disinfection. (Camera: JUAN MANUEL BLANCO).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD (GN) SAFEGUARD ORDER AMONG CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS IN THE CITY OF TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS STATE, MEXICO.
Tunisia, May 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mohamed Messara) Tunisians protest against Israel during a demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinians in response to days of violent clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in Jerusalem.FOOTAGE OF THE CONCENTRATION IN TUNISIA
US National Guard troops man a checkpoint at a road closure near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in preparation for potential pro-Donald Trump protests days before Joe Biden's inauguration as president of the United States. IMAGES
The Pentagon has upped the number of National Guard members it wants present at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration by 4,000. CNN reports the Pentagon on Friday authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members, marking an increase from the 21,000 troops authorized a day earlier. Law enforcement in Washington, DC, and around the country is bracing for more extremist violence after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week. The DOD announced Tuesday that Guardsmen and women will be armed. Law enforcement is monitoring phones and other communications in an all-out effort to track individuals to ensure they do not travel to Washington.