Haiti’s gang violence crisis, China-Philippines dispute, James Anderson on ‘Mount 700’, and more | The week in 5 charts

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Residents of Haiti’s capital scrambled for safety on March 9 following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a U.N. group warning of a “city under siege” after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters.

Criminal groups, which already control much of Port-au-Prince as well as roads leading to the rest of the country, have unleashed havoc in recent days as they try to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry as leader of the Western hemisphere’s poorest country.

The unrest has seen 362,000 Haitians internally displaced — more than half of them children and some forced to move multiple times, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday.

The well-armed gangs have attacked key infrastructure in recent days, including two prisons, allowing the majority of their 3,800 inmates to escape.

Along with some ordinary Haitians, the gangs are seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Henry, who was due to leave office in February but instead agreed to a power-sharing deal with the opposition until new elections are held.

The United States has asked Henry to enact urgent political reform to prevent further escalation, but did not urge his resignation — a key demand of powerful gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier. Henry was in Kenya when the violence broke out and is now reportedly stranded in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

At least 15,000 people have fled the worst-hit parts of Port-au-Prince. Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police. They were in Haiti for reasons ranging from adoptions to missionary and humanitarian work. Now, they are locked down in hotels and homes, unable to leave by air, sea or land as Haiti remains paralyzed by the mayhem.