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Worst hit areas as of May 15

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Worst-hit areas

A rendering shows the center of the earthquake which hit Wenchuan County of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 12, 2008. The quake measured a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale struck Sichuan on Monday, said the State Seismological Bureau.[Xinmin.cn]

A geographic photo grabed from Google.com shows the center of the earthquake which hit Wenchuan County of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 12, 2008. The quake measured a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale struck Sichuan on Monday, said the State Seismological Bureau.[Google.com]

Kids in earthquake

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Survivers

Friday, May 16th, 2008

A 6-year-old boy from a destroyed village waits to be evacuated in the back of a military truck in earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. [Agencies]

Liu Deyun, 56, is carried out by soldiers after being buried for 100 hours in a collapsed building at a chemical factory in the earthquake-hit Yinghua town of Deyang, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. [Agencies]

A nurse and a soldier help a patient to cross a bridge in the city of Beichuan, about 150km (93 miles) north of Chengdu, in Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. [Agencies]

People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers carry a survivor from the ruins of a collapsed apartment block in the city of Beichuan, located around 150 km north of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. [Agencies]

An injured boy looks with a friend at photographs in a newspaper related to the earthquake at a centre for missing schoolchildren in the city of Mianyang, located around 100 km north of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. [Agencies]

A rescuer checks on Li Yi, 10, who was trapped under the ruins of a collapsed building at Miaoba primary school in earthquake-hit Beichuan county, about 99 miles northeast of the epicenter at Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, May 15, 2008. [Agencies]

A mother, right, holds her four-day-old baby in Nanba Town of Pingwu County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday, May 15, 2008. The baby was born on Sunday, a day before Monday's quake in Sichuan Province. [Xinhua]

Injured earthquake survivors receive medical treatment at a rescue center in Mianzhu county, one of the worst quake-hit areas in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 16, 2008. [chinadaily.com.cn/by Rong Xiandong in Mianzhu]

Earthquake survivors queue up to get food at a rescue center in Mianzhu county, one of the worst quake-hit areas in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 16, 2008. [chinadaily.com.cn/by Rong Xiandong in Mianzhu]

Earthquake survivors arrive at a rescue center in Mianzhu county, one of the worst quake-hit areas in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 16, 2008. [chinadaily.com.cn/by Rong Xiandong in Mianzhu]

A picture of a missing couple was posted on a notice board displaying the names of earthquake survivors at a hospital in Deyang. [Agencies]

Soldiers feed milk to Song Xinyi, a 3-year-old earthquake survivor, in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. Song was rescued after being buried in the ruins for more than 40 hours. [Xinhua]

A man seriously injured in Monday's deadly earthquake is treated at Huaxi Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan Province May 14, 2008 after being airlifted to the hospital from Wenchuan. 162 persons seriously injured in Wenchuan were airlifted to Chengdu on Wednesday. [Xinhua]

16-year-old Yang Man is treated at Huaxi Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan Province May 14, 2008 after being airlifted to the hospital from Wenchuan. 162 persons seriously injured in Wenchuan were airlifted to Chengdu on Wednesday. [Xinhua]

Fire fighters manage to remove the debris to rescue a trapped middle school student called Yang Hong in quake-stricken Beichuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. Yang was rescued after being trapped for nearly 60 hours in the rubble. [Xinhua]

High-school student Yang Liu (R) is given a bottle of water by a rescuer as her legs are trapped under concrete in the rubble of a collapsed school in the township of Hanwang in Mianzhu city in Sichuan province May 14, 2008. Yang has been fed, given water and a white helmet as workers remove ruins brick by brick from around her and a crane pulled away slabs of concrete -- the remains of the school that parents said had around 800 students before Monday's quake hit. In front of Yang lies a dead body. [Agencies]

Solute to all rescuers.

Friday, May 16th, 2008

A rescued child solute to soldiers.

Rescue workers carry a survivor from a collapsed building at the earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 15, 2008. The death toll from China's massive earthquake could reach more than 50,000, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, quoting rescue headquarters. [Agencies]

Exhausted People's Liberation Army(PLA) soldiers sleep in the back of an army truck after looking for survivors in a collapsed apartment block in the city of Dujiangyan, located around 50 km (31 miles) north of Chengdu, in Sichuan province May 15, 2008. Transport planes dropped more aid for dazed survivors of China's massive earthquake on Thursday. [Agencies]

Airborne troopers make preparations before they board a plane  at an airport in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008.  The Air Force parachuted 15 elite airborne troopers to the quake-hit Maoxian County close to the epicenter. [photobase.cn]
Airborne troopers board a plane bound for the quake-hit Maoxian County at an airport in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. The Air Force parachuted 15 elite airborne troopers to Maoxian County close to the epicenter. [photobase.cn]
Airborne troopers jump out of a plane at about 4,999 meter above sea level to Maoxian County which is close to the epicenter on Wednesday afternoon, April 14, 2008. The Air Force parachuted 15 elite airborne troopers to Maoxian County close to the epicenter. [photobase.cn]
Soldiers have lunch during their rescue operation at the earthquake-hit Hanwang Town, Mianzhu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. [Asianewsphoto]
Soldiers have lunch during their rescue operation at the earthquake-hit Hanwang Town, Mianzhu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. [Asianewsphoto]
A soldier prepares lunch for rescuers during their rescue operation at the earthquake-hit Hanwang Town, Mianzhu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. [Asianewsphoto]
Soldiers work at the rubble of a collapsed building at the earthquake-hit Hanwang Town, Mianzhu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. [Asianewsphoto]

Fire-fighters take part in the rescue operation after Monday's massive earthquake in Nanba Town, Pingwu County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. [Xinhua]

Fire-fighters take part in the rescue operation after Monday's massive earthquake in Nanba Town, Pingwu County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. [Xinhua]

A fire-fighter uses a life detector during the rescue operation after Monday's massive earthquake in Nanba Town, Pingwu County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. [Xinhua]

Fire-fighters take part in the rescue operation after Monday's massive earthquake in Nanba Town, Pingwu County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. [Xinhua]

People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers take a break from trying to find survivors in the earthquake devastated city of Beichuan, located around 150 km north of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. [Agencies]

Soldiers wear facemasks in the rubble of a chemical factory in Shifang, Sichuan province May 16, 2008. [Agencies]

Volunteers carry a survivor from the ruins of a collapsed apartment block in the city of Beichuan, located around 150 km north of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. [Agencies]

American volunteers carry a wounded person to the ambulance in Beichuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. A 16-member team, organized by the US-based humanitarian organization Heart to Heart International, has come to the earthquake-stricken Beichuan County to help rescue the victims there. [Xinhua]

Fire fighters manage to remove the debris to rescue a trapped middle school student called Yang Hong in quake-stricken Beichuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. Yang was rescued alive after being trapped for nearly 60 hours in the rubble. [Xinhua]

Damages

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Road from Chengdu to WenchuanRoad from Chengdu to Wenchuan

Donation

Friday, May 16th, 2008

A man of Uygur Nationality makes crusty pancakes at a workshop in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2008. Many local people of Uygur Nationality rushed to make pancakes for quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China these days. The crusty pancakes, a kind of staple food of the Uygur and Kazak nationalities, can be saved for long time, and easy to be transported. (Xinhua/Cai Zengle)
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Two men of Uygur Nationality put the crusty pancakes together at a workshop in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2008. Many local people of Uygur Nationality rushed to make pancakes for quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China these days. The crusty pancakes, a kind of staple food of the Uygur and Kazak nationalities, can be saved for long time, and easy to be transported. (Xinhua/Cai Zengle)
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A woman of Uygur Nationality puts the crusty pancakes together at a workshop in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2008. Many local people of Uygur Nationality rushed to make pancakes for quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China these days. The crusty pancakes, a kind of staple food of the Uygur and Kazak nationalities, can be saved for long time, and easy to be transported. (Xinhua/Cai Zengle)

Workers load the relief goods offered by the health department of Tibet Autonomous Region in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, May 17, 2008, for the quake-plagued people in Sichuan. The health department of Tibet Autonomous Region not only donated lots of relief goods including gloves, quarantine protective suits and masks but also set up an emergency expert team awaiting authorities’ direction of going to quake-hit areas.(Xinhua/Chogo)
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Workers load the relief goods offered by the health department of Tibet Autonomous Region in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, May 17, 2008, for the quake-plagued people in Sichuan. The health department of Tibet Autonomous Region not only donated lots of relief goods including gloves, quarantine protective suits and masks but also set up an emergency expert team awaiting authorities’ direction of going to quake-hit areas.
(Xinhua/Chogo)