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2008-05-21

The Chinese national flag flies at half-mast at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square on May 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. The three days of national mourning began in China today. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China`s Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.

2008-05-21

(CHINA OUT) A man wears a T-shirt printed with 'I Love China' during a memorial on the Tiananmen Square, where the Chinese national flag flies at half-mast, as China begins three days of national mourning for victims of the earthquake on May 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by China Photos/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

Chinese mourners show their support by clapping for the Sichuan Earthquake victims while the Chinese national flag flies at half-mast at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square on May 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. The three days of national mourning began in China today. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China`s Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

(CHINA OUT) Women hold China's national flags during a memorial on the Tiananmen Square, where the Chinese national flag flies at half-mast, as China begins three days of national mourning for victims of the earthquake on May 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by China Photos/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

Chinese mourners show their support for the Sichuan Earthquake victims while the Chinese national flag flies at half-mast at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square on May 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. The three days of national mourning began in China today. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China`s Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 32,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

Chinese people mourn for the earthquake victims at Tianfu Square on May 19, 2008 in Chendu of Sichuan Province, China. China began three days of national mourning on Monday for more than 30,000 victims of an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale.
(Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21 on 00:06

The Chinese national flag flies at half-mast at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square on May 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. The three days of national mourning began in China today. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China`s Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 32,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21 on 00:38

(CHINA OUT) China's national flag flies at half-mast on a building at the Bund, as China begins three days of national mourning for victims of the earthquake on May 19, 2008 in Shanghai, China. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
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2008-05-21

(CHINA OUT) China's national flag flies at half-mast on a building at the Bund, as China begins three days of national mourning for victims of the earthquake on May 19, 2008 in Shanghai, China. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by China Photos/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

A lowered Chinese flag is seen at Tianfu Square on May 19, 2008 in Chendu of Sichuan Province, China. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

(CHINA OUT) China's national flag flies at half-mast on the Tianfu Square, as China begins three days of national mourning for victims of the earthquake on May 19, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by China Photos/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

Parents of students killed by a collapsed primary school hold portraits of their lost loved ones during a gathering to mourn and protest on May 20, 2008 in Mianzhu, Sichuan province. The bereaved parents wanted the government to investigate and punish the persons responsible for what they called "poor" build quality of the school campus. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province on May 12. More than 40, 000 people have been confirmed dead.
(Photo by Andrew Wong/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

People hold hands of earthquake survivors to do their resprect during the mourning time at a hospital on May 19, 2008 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. China began three days of national mourning on Monday for more than 30,000 victims of an earthquake that struck a week ago.
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2008-05-21

Chinese soldiers mourn during a moment of silence at a school where hundreds died from the earthquake May 19, 2008 in Beichuan, Sichuan province, China. Tens of thousands of people remain buried in collapsed buildings from the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck May 12. The death toll has risen to over 34,000 and is expected to climb as relief operations spread into the mountains of Sichuan province with well over 130,000 military troops and relief workers mobilized. Today marked the first day of a three day mourning period with a 3 minute moment of silence across the country as China copes with its worst natural disaster in three decades.
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2008-05-21

Parents of students killed by a collapsed primary school hold portraits of their lost loved ones during a gathering to mourn and protest on May 20, 2008 on the school campus in Mianzhu, Sichuan province. The bereaved parents wanted the government to investigate and punish the persons responsible for what they called "poor" build quality of the school campus. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province on May 12. More than 40, 000 people have been confirmed dead.
(Photo by Andrew Wong/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

(“哀悼”警笛声。。。受惊的小孩子)
Students prasctice how to protect themselves in the event of an earthquake at their school as China begins three days of national mourning on May 19, 2008 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. The period of mourning will include a three minute silence which will be observed exactly one week after the earthquake hit. A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 32,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.
(Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21

（为废墟下的遇难者献花）
A bunch of flowers are put on the ruins of Juyuan middle school on May 19, 2008 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. China began three days of national mourning on Monday for more than 30,000 victims of an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale.
(Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21 

（悼念身旁的亲人遇难者）
A student reads through the faint street lamp outside the tent on May 20, 2008 in Chendu of Sichuan Province, China. An aftershock of 6 to 7 on the Richter scale was likely to happen in the Wenchuan earthquake area in southwest China's Sichuan Province, said local seismological bureau. The Sichuan Seismological Bureau said there was a bigger possibility of the aftershock between Monday and Tuesday, warning local government and people to be prepared for emergencies.
(Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21 on 00:14

（幸免遇难的幸运者）
Earthquake survivors living in the tents wash the clothes and the tableware by the street on May 20, 2008 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. An aftershock of 6 to 7 on the Richter scale was likely to happen in the Wenchuan earthquake area in southwest China's Sichuan Province, said local seismological bureau. The Sichuan Seismological Bureau said there was a bigger possibility of the aftershock between Monday and Tuesday, warning local government and people to be prepared for emergencies.
(Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images AsiaPac)

2008-05-21 on 00:15

（获救者饱尝了祖国与家庭的温暖）
A daughter kisses her mother who is an earthquake survivor during the mourning time at a hospital on May 19, 2008 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. China began three days of national mourning on Monday for more than 30,000 victims of an earthquake that struck a week ago.
(Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images AsiaPac)