Hope lights up days of darkness
A mother and her daughter hold a candlelight vigil in Hongshan Square, Wuhan, Hubei province ,yesterday to mourn the quake victims. Xinhua |
Rescue workers pull out a girl from under the rubble of the collapsed Juyuan Middle School building in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, on May 13. AP |
A student holds a drip bottle, the lifeline of his schoolmate trapped in the debris of their collapsed school building in Beichuan county, Sichuan Province, on May 13. Xinhua |
Children of a kindergarten in Tianjin donate money for the quake victims on Thursday. AP |
A soldier carries a child across a river in Qingchuan county, Sichuan, yesterday.Xinhua |
A woman soldier holds a dog, which she and her comrades rescued, as they cross a damaged suspension bridge in Beichuan, Sichuan, yesterday. AFP |
PLA soldiers evacuate a survivor from Jinhua town of Mianzhu, Sichuan, on Friday. Reuters |
The Chinese national badminton team observes a moment of silence in memory of the quake victims yesterday before the Thomas Cup finals. Defending champions China retained the cup thrashing South Korea 3-1 in Jakarta. Xinhua |
A woman washes utensils in what's left of the kitchen in her destroyed house in Longmanshan, Sichuan, yesterday. Reuters |
An earthquake survivor carries his refrigerator in Beichuan, Sichuan, on Saturday. Reuters |
(China Daily 05/19/2008 page6)