
Soldiers carry an injured man to safety after an earthquake in Beichuan County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the earthquake that hammered southwest China, as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas.

People are evacuated after an earthquake in Beichuan County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the earthquake that hammered southwest China, as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas.

A survivor is seen in debris in this photo taken in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province on May 13, 2008. More than sixty percent of buildings in the city collapsed during the tremor.

A woman comforts her son trapped in debris in Mianzhu County on May 13, 2008.

A girl is rescued out of debris in Mianzhu County, Sichuan Province on May 13, 2008.

Soldiers tranfer seriously-injured villagers to safe area after a quake-triggered landslide reduced part of Beichuan town into debris on May 13, 2008.

Truck cranes set off from Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province, to help the rescuing work in Sichuan Province on May 13, 2008.