Aid groups are warning that Venezuela's healthcare system is at its breaking point nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes hit the South American country. Damaged hospitals are overwhelmed and conditions in the disaster zone are worsening. The government death toll has surpassed 1,700, with more bodies being found. A humanitarian crisis is unfolding, with thousands displaced and living in unsanitary conditions. On Tuesday, the UN expressed concern about the spread of infectious diseases. The healthcare system, already strained by years of underinvestment, is under extreme pressure. Many hospitals are damaged, and specialist doctors are missing, adding to the chaos.

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This 2006 image from Angela Lieverse shows the skull of a young girl who was buried with victims of the plague in Siberia. (Angela Lieverse via AP)

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A fisherman prepares his fishing rod in front of the Colombian Navy ship ARC Caribe, docked at a pier in Havana, Cuba, after arriving with humanitarian aid, Friday, June 12, 2926. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)