UN flag flies at half mast to mourn quake victims

United Nations representatives mourn in silence for the victims of the Haiti earthquake before a security council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, January 13, 2009. Thousands were feared dead in a major earthquake that destroyed the presidential palace, schools, hospitals and hillside shanties in Haiti, its leaders said on Wednesday, and the United States and other nations geared up for a big relief operation. [Photo/Xinhua]