New life, new hope

Doctors from a gynaecology hospital in Chengdu set up a temporary operation room in the open. Wang Jianhua

A man comforts his pregnant wife in a hospital in Chengdu after all patients are moved outdoors amid fears of aftershocks. Guo Xin

(Left): A nurse takes care of a new-born baby who is moved outdoors from the Dujiangyan People's Hospital. This scene has occurred across all the disaster zones. Zheng Yue (Right): Craddling a bewildered orphan, a rescue worker takes him to a shelter in Jiuzhou Stadium in Mianyang city. Chen Xie