Rescue workers
carry a bag from a collapsed house in Jiashi. Rescue teams of soldiers
and quake survivors were using heavy equipment and their bare hands to
dig through the rubble. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Yibing)
Portraits
of Friedrich Engels(L) and Mao Zedong overlook a collapsed school. Rescue
workers with search dogs combed the rubble of flattened villages in near
freezing weather on February 25 in hopes of finding survivors from the
quake that killed at least 265 people. Photo by Xinhua/Reuters
Rescue workers
help victims in Jiashi after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake toppled
Jiashi and Bachu counties of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Monday, Feb. 24, 2003. The earthquake killed at least 259 people and seriously
injured 2,050 others. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Yibing)
A man stands
outside of his collapsed house in Jiashi, waiting for rescue teams. (AP
Photo/Xinhua, Liu Yibing)
Victims
wait for rescue in Jiashi. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Yibing)
Chinese
soldiers cook meal for victims. REUTERS/Xinhua/Liu Yibing
Victims
wait for relief supplies. REUTERS/Xinhua/Liu Yibing
Rubble from
destroyed houses blocks access. REUTERS/Xinhua/Liu Yibing