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SCHOOL'S OUT: A classroom in Juyuan Secondary School moments after the quake (above) and a teacher's notes on the blackboard of a classroom in the same school, moments before the quake buried hundreds of students.
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SCHOOL'S OUT: A classroom in Juyuan Secondary School moments after the quake and a teacher's notes on the blackboard of a classroom (above) in the same school, moments before the quake buried hundreds of students.
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THE LUCKY ONES: Survivors of the devastating earthquake that flattened the city of Yingxiu and wiped out nearly three-quarters of its population of 10,000. They may have survived, but the days ahead won't be easy: They are left with only the clothers on their backs. As the shell-shocked victims stepped off rescue boats on Thursday, each had a traumatic story to tell about being next to the dead, losing family members and living on a few sips of porridge a day. -- ST PHOTOS: CHUA CHIN HON
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MONEY IS WORTHLESS: The survivors of Monday's earthquake have lost practically everything. Many pick through the rubble to salvage whatever they can and are very protective of any valuable item they recover. Here, Madam Gong Taihua, 67, tries to dry her money by putting the noes on her lap, but money is of little help to her now. All the shops in her village near Dujiangyan city, in south-western Sichuan province, have been destroyed.
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MAKING CONTACT: After things had stablised in Dujiangyan city, 120km from the epicentre of Monday's quake, the one thing many residents wanted to do was recharge their mobile phones. Communication lines were cut on Monday, but basic mobile phone signals were also restored in days, another sign of the considerable resources at the country's disposal.
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LONG MARCH TO SAFETY: Two survivors make their way along a rough road in Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, after a quake with a magnitude of 7.9 rocked China on Monday. The quake devastated the south-western province of Sichuan. The Chnese authoritues have said more than 50,000 people are likely to be dead. Time is running out for survivors who are buried under rubble. -- PHOTO: AFP
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ORDER CRUMBLES: Policae arresta a looter on the earthquake-damaged streets of Beichuan in Sichuan province yesterday. Beichuan was one of the areas hardest hot by the quake, which has caused deaths across at least four provinves and regions. At least 1,000 Beichuan students and teachers died or were buried in the collapse of the town's secondary school and up to 5,000 others in the area may also be dead. -- PHOTO: AFP
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MILITARY MERVY: Chinese troops evacuate injured earthquake victims to a waiting helicopter in Wenchuan, in south-west China's Sichuan province. The People's Liberation Army has been mobilised fro the rescue effort, with Premier Wen Jiabao calling for soldiers to save as many lives as possible. -- PHOTO: AFP
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FATIGUE SETS IN: Exhausted Chinese resucers take a break in Wenchuan. Many rescue teams had made the journey to Wenchuan on foot, trekking for hours over diccicult, hilly and quake-hit terrain. The Chinese government has also taken the rare step of allowing a Japanese rescue team in. -- PHOTO: AFP
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AN EXCERCISE IN DESPERATION: Earthquake survivors use treadmills for beds at the gymnasium in Mianyang city's sports stadium, where more than 10,000 people have taken refuge. More than 8,000 have died in Mianyang city alone. Experts say the search-and-rescue operation is at a crucial phase, with the chances of finding survivors diminshing by the hour. -- PHOTO: AFP
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