Medical workers give treatment to a wounded person stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. A major eathquake measuring 7.8 Richter Scale jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. The quake has left 9,219 people dead in eight affected provinces and municipality including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a release issued at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)
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Locals shed tears in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Relief soldiers carry out a wounded person in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Medical workers give treatment to the wounded in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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A local sits besides a collapsed house in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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