Haiti is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Haiti.
Culture Buzz Moving, tragic, awe-inspiring photos and the tales of how they came to be. Reuters released a year-end round up of their best photographs and had the photographers provide a sort of director's commentary. Compelling stuff.
Music Buzz Arcade Fire played a surprise show on the streets outside a hotel in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti earlier this week. The 45-minute set included covers of Creedence, The Stones, Blondie and this flawless rendition of Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.' Enjoy. (Via Pitchfork)
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Geoffery & Joseph had their home destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Here they're shown footage of the Japanese tsunami/earthquake for the first time. This is really sad.
Culture Buzz This list is a testament to just how bad it can get. To compare: In Japan the earthquake registered a magnitude of 8.8 and has had a death toll of 1000 so far.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/americas/20haiti....
Haitians displaced by the January earthquake have deposited impassioned pleas in suggestion boxes at camps.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/world/americas/06haiti....
A makeshift orphanage and improvised family face an uncertain future as an eviction looms.
http://www.truth-out.org/haitian-farmers-commit-burning-m...
The entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti is “a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on biodiversity, on Creole seeds … and on what is left our environment in Haiti.”
http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?...
Bidding for Good is running a craftastic celebrity auction to benefit Haiti! You could get yourself some nifty little Daft Punk robots or a framed painting by Cat Power. Depending on how twee you're feeling today. Check it out!
Coco is showing her support for Haiti with her butt. And also her other butt. All her butts “go hard” for Haiti.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,2880...
Well this is just mindbendingly horrific.
Culture Buzz Charlie Simpson from Fulham, England wanted to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims. He decided to have a small bike-a-thon to do so. Well, small turned into very big.
Who cares about 200,000 people dying? I really wanted to see who Snooki slept with this week.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/in...
The interactive video allows you to drag and click to get a 360 degree view of the devastation in Haiti as the camera moves through the streets.
An uplifting moment captured by a photographer in Haiti last night as a young boy named Kiki was lifted from the rubble he had been trapped under for 8 days.