A dog walks through the mud in a street in Gonaives, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. As Haiti's President Rene Preval pleaded for long-term assistance in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly Friday, Gonaives, Haiti's ravaged fourth-largest city, remains encased in mud in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike. Children play in it and adults try to remove it with muddy buckets and rags.
This aerial photo shows the streets of Gonaives, Haiti, covered in mud Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.
A woman walks through mud in Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
A boy dumps mud from a bucket on a street in Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
A woman bathes with water from a well to wash off mud in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
A man cleans up a mud-filled room at his home in Gonaives, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
A man with dried mud on his face cleans his home in Gonaives, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
A chair covered in mud is seen at a house in Gonaives, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
A man removes mud from a pot in Gonaives, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
A boy covered in mud sits on the floor of a church in Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
Personal items covered in mud in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
Furniture is stuck in the mud inside a house in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
A foot covered in mud is seen in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
A woman washes her face after cleaning her home in Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
A wheelchair covered in mud is seen at a medical center in Gonaives, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
Hands covered in mud in Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
A television covered in mud is seen at a house in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
A book lies on the mud in a street of Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
A man stands with a shovel after he helped to remove mud from a medical center in Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.
People remove mud at a medical center in Gonaives, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.