The Haitian people worry on a daily basis about knowing where the basic needs of; clean water, food and shelter will come. The 2010 Haiti earthquake caused grief and devastation: "around three million people were affected, almost a third of the country's total population" (Paliardy), which plunged the country into poverty even greater than before the earthquake. Looking at Edwards' photo, the body language and the context of the story, people were cold and selfish. Taking the money out of Fabienne's lifeless hand, searching it, moving it and looking at it without any emotion. Fabienne's death is the image of a corrupt and dangerous environment "not because of the violence of nature" which would be the earthquake "but because of human action". (Carroll) With the reckless decision to fire a gun into the air, chaos is brought under control for people who previously lived in poor conditions, in poorly constructed homes and in slums. “Tens of thousands lay hidden under the rubble, she lay limp and exposed on a bare roof. » The Haitian people live soft and exposed due to the level of poverty, living on less than 2 dollars a day and without the help of the government for which they try to get by.