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Panama City, Aug 19 (EFE) (Camera: Carlos Lemos) .- The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) sent 37 tons of humanitarian aid to Haiti this Thursday from Panama, devastated by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake last Saturday, which left almost 2,000 dead and thousands more affected.FOOTAGE OF THE HUMANITARIAN AID THAT LEAVES PANAMA TO HAITI AND THE PLANE BEING CHARGED.
About 40 people demonstrate in the Nepalese capital over the government's slow response to distributing aid and other relief after last week's devastating earthquake. Mana Rabiee reports.
In Hualien, relief tents are set up to provide shelter to residents after the most powerful earthquake in 25 years hit Taiwan, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 1,000. Strict building regulations and widespread public disaster awareness appear to have staved off a major catastrophe for the earthquake-prone island, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates. IMAGES
With a glass of milk in hand, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visits the Paris International Agricultural Show, in a calm that contrasts with the tumult that accompanied its inauguration on Saturday by President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
Images show the rubble of houses destroyed in the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 132 people in Nepal. The quake hit the far west of the Himalayan country and was measured by the US Geological Survey at just 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep. IMAGES