TOPSHOTS Protesters block a street with burning tires during a march against the government of Haitian President Michel Martelly in Port-au-Prince, on January 10, 2015. Protesters marched through the streets calling for the resignation of the Haitian leader. On January 12, Haiti marks the fifth anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake that killed 300,000 people, but also a dangerous new stage in its political crisis. The sitting parliament in the impoverished Caribbean nation will come to the end of its mandate and no date has been set for new elections, leaving a perilous political vacuum. Protesters accuse Martelly of tacitly allowing the parliament to expire in order to rule by decree, while he accuses the opposition of blocking an electoral law that would allow a vote. AFP PHOTO/Hector RETAMAL