1. 1. APRIL 20, 2013 - Sichuan provinceSources : www.boston.com , www.reuters.comClick to continue
2. 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 continue
3. 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 continue
4. 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 continue
5. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 10. Injured people receive medical treatment at the PeoplesHospital after a strong magnitude earthquake hit Lushancounty, Sichuan province, on April 20. (Xinhua/Reuters) #
11. 11. A general view shows landslide in the Baoxing country,southwestern Chinas Sichuan province, on April 22.(Wu Hong/European Pressphoto Agency) #
12. 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. 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. 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. 15. Earthquake survivors rest in amilitary field hospital in thecounty seat of Lushan inSichuan province, China, onApril 22. (Ng HanGuan/Associated Press) #
16. 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. 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) #
18. 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. 19. People walk next to a crack on the road afterSaturdays earthquake in Baoxing county, Sichuanprovince, on April 21. (China Daily/Reuters) #
20. 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. 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. 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. 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. 24. Students light candles to pray for quakevictims on April 22 in Shaoxing, China.(Chinafotopress/Getty Images) #
25. 25. Villagers carry the coffin of a man killed afterthe earthquake hit Lushan, SichuanProvince, on April 22. (AFP/Getty Images) #
26. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 33. A boy plays with his mother in atemporary settlement in Yaan,southwest Chinas Sichuan province, onApril 22. (AFP/Getty Images) #
34. 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. 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. 36. Earthquake survivors line up for free food in the rain onApril 23 in Lushan of Ya An, China. (Getty Images) #
37. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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) #
47. 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. 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. 49. Lushan county, after theearthquake hit on Saturday,Yaan, Sichuan province, April24, 2013.
50. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 63. An aerial view shows houses damaged aftera strong earthquake in Lushan county,Yaan, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013.REUTERS/China Daily
64. 64. Sources : www.boston.com , www.reuters.comAPRIL 20, 2013 - Sichuan provincePps : chieuquetoi, bachkien