1. APRIL 20, 2013 - Sichuan provinceSources : www.boston.com ,
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2. China earthquake: Sichuan province 2013 A powerful
earthquake hit the Sichuan province of China near Yaancity over the
weekend reportedly killing some 200 people. Thousandsof rescue
workers have been deployed to help feed, treat, and housethe
displaced residents and help clear roads blocked by landslides
inthe remote area. The quake comes just short of five years after
amassive quake in the same region killed some 70,000 people. --
LloydYoung ( 46 photos total) Source : www.boston.comClick to
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3. A woman whose relatives were killed in Saturdays
earthquakecries while sitting on a pile of rubble in Lingguan
township inBaoxing county of southwest Chinas Sichuan province on
April22. The earthquake in Sichuan province killed some 200
people,injured more than 11,000 and left nearly two dozen
missing,mostly in the rural communities around Yaan city, along the
samefault line where a devastating quake to the north killed more
than70,000 people in Sichuan and neighboring areas five years ago
inone of Chinas worst natural disasters. (Associated Press)Click to
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4. Rescuers save an injured woman afteran earthquake hit
Baosheng Townshipin Lushan County, Yaan City, southwestChinas
Sichuan Province, on April 20.Rescuers poured into a remote
cornerof southwestern China on Sunday.(Xinhua/Reuters) #Click to
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5. People running during aftershocks to avoidfalling rocks on
their way to the city ofYaan, southwest Chinas Sichuanprovince, on
April 21. Clogged roads,debris and landslides impeded rescuers
asthey battled to find survivors of a powerfulearthquake in
mountainous southwestChina that has left some 200 dead.(AFP/Getty
Images) #Click to continue
6. A Chinese soldier helps a man to search belongings inhis
broken house due to earthquake in Lushan country,southwestern
Chinas Sichuan province, on April 21.(Wu Hong/European Pressphoto
Agency) #Click to continue
7. A Chinese man carries his injured son in a makeshifthospital
in Taiping town of Lushan County, SichuanProvince, China, on April
23. The death toll rose to at least188 by April 22, with 25 people
missing and 11,950 injured,the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. The
ministry said 1.72million people were affected by the quake, while
an initialestimate by the International Red Cross on Saturday put
thenumber needing emergency shelter, water and food at120,000. The
China Earthquake Administration (CEA)recorded a magnitude 7.0
earthquake, while the USGeological Survey said it had measured 6.9.
(How HweeYoung/European Pressphoto Agency) #Click to continue
8. Survivor Chen Zhirong comforts her 18-month-old son next to
debris at a village on the secondday after an earthquake hit
Longmen township ofLushan county, Sichuan province, on April
21.(Jason Lee/Reuters) #Click to continue
9. Rescuers and residents use a wooden door totransport an
injured man near Lingguan town ofBaoxing county, Sichuan province,
on April 20.(Reuters) #Click to continue
10. Injured people receive medical treatment at the
PeoplesHospital after a strong magnitude earthquake hit
Lushancounty, Sichuan province, on April 20. (Xinhua/Reuters)
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11. A general view shows landslide in the Baoxing
country,southwestern Chinas Sichuan province, on April 22.(Wu
Hong/European Pressphoto Agency) #
12. A man recovers his wedding photo from thewreckage of his
house after Saturdaysearthquake in Longmen township of
Lushancounty, Sichuan province, on April 21.Rescuers struggled to
reach a remote, ruralcorner of southwestern China on Sunday asthe
toll of the dead and missing from thecountrys worst earthquake in
three yearsclimbed to 208 with almost 1,000 seriousinjuries.
(Rooney Chen/Reuters) #
13. A damaged Buddha statue is seenbeside a road on the second
day afteran earthquake hit Lushan county ofYaan, Sichuan province,
on April 22.(Jason Lee/Reuters) #
14. A child gets treatment in a military fieldhospital in the
county seat of Lushan inSichuan province, China, on April 22.
Theefforts under way in the mountainousprovince after a quake
Saturday that killedsome 200 people showed that thegovernment has
continued to hone itsdisaster reaction long considered a
crucialleadership test in China since a muchmore devastating
earthquake in 2008, alsoin Sichuan, and another one in 2010 in
thewestern region of Yushu. (Ng HanGuan/Associated Press) #
15. Earthquake survivors rest in amilitary field hospital in
thecounty seat of Lushan inSichuan province, China, onApril 22. (Ng
HanGuan/Associated Press) #
16. Residents walking home on the roadfull of fallen rocks in
the disaster-hitarea in Yaan, southwest ChinasSichuan province on
April 21. Cloggedroads, debris and landslides impededrescuers as
they battled to findsurvivors of a powerful earthquake
inmountainous southwest China.(AFP/Getty Images) #
17. A man walking on a road blocked by fallen rocks afteran
earthquake in Taiping township, Lushan county, inthe city of Yaan,
southwest Chinas Sichuan province,on April 21. (AFP/Getty Images)
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18. Yang Huan cries while waiting for workers toclear a
landslide, in which she believes herhusband is buried, after
Saturdaysearthquake, near Lingguan town of Baoxingcounty, Sichuan
province, on April 22.Rescuers struggled to reach a remote,
ruralcorner of southwestern China on Sunday asthe toll of the dead
and missing climbed.(Aly Song/Reuters) #
19. People walk next to a crack on the road afterSaturdays
earthquake in Baoxing county, Sichuanprovince, on April 21. (China
Daily/Reuters) #
20. A clock is seen amidst the debris of a collapsed house
after a strongearthquake, at Longmen village, Lushan county, Yaan,
Sichuanprovince, on April 20. The earthquake hit a remote, mostly
rural andmountainous area of southwestern Chinas Sichuan province.
(Reuters)#
21. A rescuer walks in front of a damaged building
afterSaturdays earthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxingcounty,
Sichuan province, on April 22. (AlySong/Reuters) #
22. Policemen having a meeting under the light of an electric
light ata temporary settlement in Lingguan Middle School in
Baoxingcounty of Yaan, southwest Chinas Sichuan province.
Cloggedroads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers on April 22
asthey battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake
inmountainous southwest China. (AFP/Getty Images) #
23. A girl holding a candle in her hands whilepeople gather to
pray for disaster-hit Yaan inDaqing, northeast Chinas
Heilongjiangprovince on April 21. Clogged roads, debrisand
landslides impeded rescuers on April 22as they battled to find
survivors of a powerfulearthquake in mountainous southwest
China.(AFP/Getty Images) #
24. Students light candles to pray for quakevictims on April 22
in Shaoxing, China.(Chinafotopress/Getty Images) #
25. Villagers carry the coffin of a man killed afterthe
earthquake hit Lushan, SichuanProvince, on April 22. (AFP/Getty
Images) #
26. A man cries as he burns offering in frontof the body of his
relative after Saturdaysearthquake, in Qingren township ofLushan
county, Sichuan province, on April21. (Reuters) #
27. Chinese paramilitary policemen direct people towalk on
rocks fallen due to a landslide triggeredby a strong quake in
Baosheng township ofLushan county, in southwest Chinas
Sichuanprovince, on April 21. (Associated Press) #
28. A woman stands on a collapsed house in Longmentownship, one
of the seriously-damaged towns indisaster-hit Yaan, southwest
Chinas Sichuanprovince, on April 23. (AFP/Getty Images) #
29. A view of a bedroom damaged by the earthquake inLongmen
Village, of Lushan County, Sichuan Province,China, on April 22.
(European Pressphoto Agency) #
30. Tents on the playground in a middle school in Tianquan
county ofYaan, southwest Chinas Sichuan province on April 22.
Cloggedroads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers on April 22 as
theybattled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in
mountainoussouthwest China. (AFP/Getty Images) #
31. A woman looks at her child as they restamong the wreckage
after Saturdaysearthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxingcounty on
April 21. (China Daily/Reuters) #
32. People watch TV news at a temporarysettlement in Lingguan
Middle School inBaoxing county of Yaan, southwest ChinasSichuan
province, on April 22. (AFP/GettyImages) #
33. A boy plays with his mother in atemporary settlement in
Yaan,southwest Chinas Sichuan province, onApril 22. (AFP/Getty
Images) #
34. Children play near tents set up in the aftermath of an
earthquake thatstruck the county seat of Lushan in southwestern
Chinas Sichuanprovince, on April 22. After dynamiting through
landslide-blockedroads, Chinese relief crew hurried food, water and
other supplies intothe rural hills of Sichuan province Monday, two
days after theearthquake. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) #
35. People gather to charge their phones and electric bikes at
atemporary power supply station in Longmen township in
Yaan,southwest Chinas Sichuan province, on April 21. Thousands
ofrescue workers combed through flattened villages in
southwestChina on April 21 in a race to find survivors from a
powerfulquake. (AFP/Getty Images) #
36. Earthquake survivors line up for free food in the rain
onApril 23 in Lushan of Ya An, China. (Getty Images) #
37. Local residents having a family gathering meal outside
their damaged home afterthe earthquake in Yaan, southwest Chinas
Sichuan province on April 22. Tens ofthousands of homeless
survivors of Chinas devastating quake are living inmakeshift tents
or on the streets, facing shortages of food and supplies as well
asan uncertain future. (AFP/Getty Images) #
38. A child watches as others sleep in a temporary shelter
under a bridge inthe disaster-hit area in Yaan, southwest Chinas
Sichuan province, onApril 21. (AFP/Getty Images) #
39. A driver looks out of his window as vehicles are stuck in
traffic at anintersection for roads into disaster areas in Lushan
County of Yaan,Sichuan Province, China, on April 22. (European
Pressphoto Agency) #
40. Residents in Lingguan township of Baoxing countygather on
the street with banners saying "I am cold andhungry" to appeal for
support and attention about therelief supply shortage after the
earthquake in Yaan,southwest Chinas Sichuan province, on April
23.Landslides caused by aftershocks has been isolatingBaoxing
county, making it hard for relief supply to reachthe seriously
damaged Lingguan Township.Tens ofthousands of homeless survivors of
Chinas devastatingquake are living in makeshift tents or on the
streets,facing shortages of food and supplies as well as
anuncertain future. (AFP/Getty Images) #
41. Rescuers take a break on the road in the disaster-hit
areain Yaan, southwest Chinas Sichuan province, on April 21.Clogged
roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuersas they battled to
find survivors of a powerful earthquakein mountainous southwest
China. (AFP/Getty Images) #
42. People fall asleep at the power supply station at a
temporary settlementin Lingguan Middle School in Baoxing county of
Yaan, southwest ChinasSichuan province, on April 22. (AFP/Getty
Images) #
43. Children salute passing vehicles carrying rescuers and
volunteers as theyhold cardboards with messages of gratitude, after
Saturdays earthquake, inLushan county, Sichuan province, on April
23. (Jianan Yu/Reuters) #
44. A rescue worker sterilizes a damaged house after
Saturdaysearthquake hit Lushan county, Yaan, Sichuan province,
onApril 22. Hundreds of survivors of an earthquake that
killednearly 200 people in southwest China pushed into traffic on
amain road on Monday, waving protest signs, demanding helpand
shouting at police. (Darley Shen/Reuters) #
45. Rescuers working to clear up the blocked road to
Baoxingcounty, in the city of Yaan, southwest Chinas
Sichuanprovince, on April 22. Clogged roads, debris and
landslidesimpeded rescuers on April 22 as they battled to find
survivorsof a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest
China.(AFP/Getty Images) #
46. A rescuer sitting by the side of a blocked road tomonitor
fallen rocks on the way to Baoxing county, inthe city of Yaan,
southwest Chinas Sichuan province,on April 22. (AFP/Getty Images)
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47. A survivor reacts as she stands in her damaged house aftera
strong earthquake hit Lushan county of Yaan, Sichuanprovince, on
April 21. (Jason Lee/Reuters) #
48. A Chinese national flag is placed on ruins of damagedhouses
in Longmen township, one of the seriously-damaged towns in
disaster-hit Yaan, southwestChinas Sichuan province, on April 23.
Clogged roads,debris and landslides impeded rescuers on April 22
asthey battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquakein
mountainous southwest China. (AFP/Getty Images)#
49. Lushan county, after theearthquake hit on Saturday,Yaan,
Sichuan province, April24, 2013.
50. A mother feeds her child, who is being carried by the
father,after the Saturdays earthquake hit Lushan county,
Yaan,Sichuan province, April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
51. Rescue workers carry a pig out from a damaged house
afterSaturdays earthquake hit Lushan county, Yaan, Sichuanprovince,
April 22, 2013.REUTERS/China DailyChildren on the roadside hold a
sign that reads "no food, notent" after a strong 6.6 magnitude
earthquake hit the remote,mostly rural and mountainous Lushan
county, Sichuanprovince, April 21, 2013.REUTERS/Aly Song
52. A woman walks among debris after Saturdays earthquake
inLushan county, April 22, 2013.REUTERS/Aly SongA woman walks past
debris with a cup of instant noodlesafter Saturdays earthquake in
Lushan county, April 22,2013.REUTERS/Aly Song
53. Zhang Bin, a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army
soldiercarrying a 60-year-old survivor, looks up the mountainside
ashe makes his way down a stretch of the road to Lingguantownship,
in Baoxing county in Yaan, Sichuan province, April22,
2013.REUTERS/Jason LeeA damaged car lies in the debris of a
landslide caused bySaturdays earthquake on a road to Lingguan
township, inBaoxing county in Yaan, Sichuan province, April
22,2013.REUTERS/Jason Lee
54. People cry as they bury a relative killed in
Saturdaysearthquake, in Longmen village, Lushan county,
Yaan,Sichuan province, April 22, 2013.REUTERS/StringerA survivor
looks up the mountainside as he runs past thedebris of a landslide
caused by Saturdays earthquake, onthe side of a road to Lingguan
township, in Baoxing countyin Yaan, Sichuan province, April 22,
2013.REUTERS/Jason Lee
55. A survivor carries her sleeping daughter as shewalks past
debris at a village up on themountainside after Saturdays
earthquake hitLingguan township, in Baoxing county in Yaan,Sichuan
province, April 22, 2013.REUTERS/Jason LeePeople stand outside a
damaged house after a strong 6.6magnitude earthquake hit, at
Longmen village, Lushancounty, Yaan, Sichuan province, April 20,
2013.REUTERS/Stringer
56. Tents outside a hospital light up at night afterSaturdays
earthquake hit Lushan county, Yaan,Sichuan province, April 22,
2013. The Chinesecharacters on the tent read "Disaster
relief".REUTERS/StringerPeople stand on a tractor with a flag of
the Chinese CommunistParty (CCP) after Saturdays earthquake hit
Lingguan township,in Baoxing county, Yaan, Sichuan province, April
22, 2013.REUTERS/Jason Lee
57. Chen Liujun carries books out of her classroom
afterSaturdays earthquake hit Lushan county, Yaan, Sichuanprovince,
April 22, 2013. Chen and her fellow third-yearhigh school students
in Lushan were transferred toChengdu to complete their high school
education andprepare for the coming college entrance exams in
theprovincial capital, reported local news.REUTERS/StringerA
survivor sits outside a tent after Saturdaysearthquake in Lingguan
town of Baoxing county,Sichuan province, April 22, 2013.REUTERS/Aly
Song
58. A woman pushes her bicycle past debris afterSaturdays
earthquake in Lushan county, April 22,2013.REUTERS/Aly
SongResidents eat lunch outside a damaged house afterSaturdays
earthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxing county,Sichuan province,
April 22, 2013.REUTERS/Aly Song
59. A rescuer looks on as excavators clean up aroad which is
blocked by a landslide afterSaturdays earthquake, in Baoxing
county,Sichuan province, April 22, 2013. TREUTERS/China DailyA
rescue worker stands beside a truck crushed by alandslide, after
Saturdays earthquake, near Lingguantown of Baoxing county, Sichuan
province, April 22,2013.REUTERS/Aly Song
60. An elderly woman sitting on a sofa in front ofdamaged
houses, cries, after Saturdays earthquake,in Taiping town of Lushan
county, Sichuan province,April 21, 2013.REUTERS/Stringer
61. A new-born baby which was born in a relieftent is attended
by medical staff afterSaturdays earthquake hit Lushan county,Yaan,
Sichuan province, April 22, 2013.REUTERS/StringerA woman cries
amongst collapsed houses in Yaan, Sichuanprovince, April 22,
2013.REUTERS/Suzie Wong
62. People stand near a van on a road blocked by a largerock
after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake, atLongmen village, Lushan
county, Yaan, Sichuanprovince, April 20, 2013.REUTERS/Stringer
63. An aerial view shows houses damaged aftera strong
earthquake in Lushan county,Yaan, Sichuan province, April 20,
2013.REUTERS/China Daily