Then and now: 5 years after devastating quake, Haiti continues to rebuild

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In the five years since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, killing somewhere between 230,000 and 316,000 people and destroying much of the country's infrastructure, the country has faced a long, uphill road to recovery.

Today the country is in many ways still reeling from the tragedy, but there are small signs of progress too, according to the United Nations Development Programme

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