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Soldiers evacuate a woman to a relief centre in Beichuan
17 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Soldiers evacuate a woman to a relief centre in Beichuan, Sichuan province May 16, 2008. China has put the known death toll at over 22,000 but has said it expects it to exceed 50,000 days after the most destructive earthquake to hit modern China, state media said on Saturday. Picture taken May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUT
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A man walks towards Beichuan high school buried under boulders before all people was ordered to evacuate from the centre of earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 17, 2008. Thousands fled ...




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