Hundreds of looters have been detained in earthquake-hit Chile, where troops have been forced to fire tear gas to stop mobs from pillaging shops and homes.
Efforts to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake are being hampered by the need to deploy large numbers of police and security forces to stop the looting.
An estimated 500,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed by the quake and 2 million people have been left homeless.
Many of the estimated 700 dead were in coastal regions which were swamped by the tsunami that followed the quake.