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A Haitian boy holds on to his teddy bear with his father while waiting for surgery on board the military hospital ship USNS Comfort in Port au Prince, Haiti, April 14, 2009.

A Haitian boy holds on to his teddy bear with his father while waiting for surgery on board the military hospital ship USNS Comfort in Port au Prince, Haiti, April 14, 2009.

A Haitian boy holds on to his teddy bear with his father while waiting for surgery on board the military hospital ship USNS Comfort in Port au Prince, Haiti, April 14, 2009.

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