It seems counterintuitive that photographers assigned to cover an earthquake in Haiti snapped a photo of a lifeless Fabienne Charisme to show the aftermath of an earthquake.

On 1/19/2010, there was a catastrophic earthquake in Poet-au-Prince. Said earthquake caused mass panic and chaos. In order to contain the situation and take charge, police officers fired their weapons in the air towards civilians. One of these civilians was fifteen-year-old Fabienne Charisma, she was unfortunately struck by one of the bullets and killed. The photographers on scene that were supposed to cover the earthquake then snapped a picture of Charisma’s body in order to show the damage caused. There are many different reasons as to why this could’ve been the photograph used, but to show damage caused by the earthquake is not one of them.