Frantic search for signs of life after landslide

Armed police officers and local residents carry a body after a landslide hit Zhouqu county, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Northwest China’s Gansu province, Aug 8, 2010. Thousands of soldiers, armed police officers and firefighters rushed to the area to help in the rescue operation on Sunday. A landslide hit Zhouqu on Sunday morning, killing at least 127 people and leaving 1,294 others missing. [Photo/Xinhua]

Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris after a landslide in Zhouqu county, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Northwest China’s Gansu province Sunday. More than 680 residents had been rescued by Sunday noon. [Photo/Xinhua]