The document summarizes the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China through images depicting widespread grief and mourning. It shows people weeping over the bodies of loved ones discovered in the rubble of collapsed buildings, especially schools, with a death toll exceeding 67,000. Rescue workers are seen pulling survivors and victims from destroyed structures, while relatives gather at funeral homes and burial sites to grieve for their lost family members in the worst quake to hit China in three decades.
3. A man tries to calm a weeping woman, who kneels beside her deceased daughter. Hanwang, Sichuan, China May 14, 2008
4. A mother cries with her relatives as they watch rescue workers remove her child’s body from a collapsed high school building. Hanwang, Sichuan, China May 14, 2008
5. Relatives cry as a body is identified among the 900 students buried beneath a collapsed high school. Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China May 12, 2008
6. A woman mourns over the body of a student at the collapsed Juyuan Middle School. Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China May 13, 2008
7. A mother looks for her child in the rain amongst the recovered bodies of students laid out on the playground of a school. Mianzhu, Sichuan, China May 13, 2008
8. A wounded girl receives medical treatment at a makeshift ward. Liangping, Sichuan, China May 13, 2008
9. A trapped youth from Beichuan middle school waits for rescuers. Beichuan, Sichuan China May 13, 2008
10. Rescue workers pull out a young girl from under the rubble of a collapsed school. Juyuan, Sichuan,China May 13, 2008
11. Relatives of earthquake victims cry at a funeral home. Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China May 15, 2008
12. A woman mourns near two student's bodies pulled out from a collapsed school. Juyuan, Sichuan, China Tuesday, May 13, 2008
13. A woman holding a child and an umbrella weeps near the site of a collapsed school. Juyuan, Sichuan, China May 13, 2008
14. Parents grief near the tomb of their young girl who died after a school dormitory collapsed. Muyu, Sichuan, China May 18, 2008
15. Parents hold photos of their children during a memorial service for the more than 130 students killed in the earthquake at an elementary school. Mianzhu, Sichuan, China May 21, 2008
16. A woman cries after her mother's body was found near the rubble of a collapsed building. Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China May 16, 2008
17. Two students cry while holding a Harry Potter book belonging to a victim at a collapsed school. Beichuan, Sichuan, China May 21, 2008
19. Relatives cry in front of a dead body near the rubble of a collapsed building. Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China May 16, 2008
20. A woman mourns over the body of her relative. Hanwang, Sichuan, China May 16, 2008
21. Bai Yushan, in blue clothes, grieves near the branch-covered burial mound of his grandson, Tian Chao, who died in a collapsed school dormitory. Muyu, Sichuan, China May 18, 2008
22. A woman grieves while burning incense for dead relatives buried by a mountain landslide that completely buried three villages and some hundreds of residents. Qingchuan, Sichuan, China May 17, 2008
23. A mother collapses after identifying the body of her child discovered from the debris of a primary school. Shifang, Sichuan, China May 15, 2008
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