2008-05-18

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A Chinese soldier is lowered by a crane on the top of a heavily damaged building as the search and rescue operation continues in the earthquake-hit township of Hanwang, in Mianzhu city north of Chengdu, Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, four days after a massive earthquake which is expected to have killed more than 50,000

A girl is dragged away by soldiers from a rescue helicopter at a temporary airport in the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan, the epicenter, Sichuan province, May 14, 2008. The girl wanted to take care of her seriously injured teacher who was to be transferred to a safe area. About 30 helicopters have been used to transfer injured survivors and one helicopter can only load 10 to 12 persons each time although there are thousands of injured survivors waiting to be transferred, China Daily reported. Picture taken May 14, 2008.


Chinese soldiers march near collapsed highway near Yingxiu, a town near Monday quake's epicenter accessible only on foot and by boat in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China

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