Farmer takes up grim task in town

HANWANG, Sichuan: Shi Huaqiang and his colleagues carefully carry the body of a student away from the rubble of a school building where he was found.

After placing the boy on the ground, Shi squats, wipes the blood away and covers him with a plastic sheet.

Wearing no mask or gloves, Shi stands out among the rescue workers on the playing field in front of the gymnasium of Dongfang Gas Turbine Plant in Hanwang.