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Two elderly earthquake victims a meal at an evacuation centre in Jiangyou Sichuan Province
17 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Two elderly earthquake victims a meal at an evacuation centre in Jiangyou, Sichuan Province May 17, 2008. China put the total Sichuan 7.9 magnitude quake death toll at 28,881 but has said it expects it to exceed 50,000. About 4.8 million people have lost their homes and the days are numbered in which survivors can be found. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA)
REUTERS/CLARO CORTES IV


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A school bag and books are placed beside a grave at a makeshift graveyard in the earthquake shaken town of Hongbai, Sichuan province May 18, 2008.Thousands of soldiers and families looking ...




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