Haiti’s government has declared the search for survivors of the country’s devastating earthquake over, the United Nations said today.

HAITI has received billions of dollars in taxpayer and private aid from the United States and others, yet is so poor that few homes had safe drinking water, sewage disposal or electricity even before the earthquake. With sympathetic donors around the world sending money, making sure that aid is spent properly will be a challenge.

Pro-government mobs looting the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince have withdrawn from the streets after a plea from President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.