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Haiti, through a visitor's eyes

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Daily Herald Senior Photographer Mark Welsh poses with Haitian children in Jacmel, Haiti.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Lisa Ballantine of Elk Grove Village negotiates with border officials as she travels from the Dominican Republic to Jacmel, Haiti.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

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Lisa Ballantine of Elk Grove Village fills out paperwork on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic as she heads to her factory that makes water filters in Jacmel, Haiti.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

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No one can prepare you for what you are about to see, although I was told I would be walking straight into hell. Then you get your first look at post-earthquake Haiti, and it makes you want to cry.