A girl attends a candle vigilance for the victims in the Wenchuan Earthquake at a university in north China's Tianjin Municipality 15 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/RYAN TONG
A mother collapses after identifying the body of her child, discovered from the debris of a primary school in Hongbai town in Shifang in southwest China's Sichuan province, 15 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/XIAO LI
Rescuers work on the debris in Hongbai town in Shifang in southwest China's Sichuan province 15 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/XIAO LI
Soldiers evacuate earthquake victims in Yingxiu town, one of the worst hit, in Wenchuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province 15 May 2008. The official death toll from the quake is now 19,509 and is expected to exceed 50,000 in the end. EPA/ZHOU CHAO
A girl walk with her belongings in Yingxiu town, one of the worst hit, in Wenchuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province 15 May 2008. The official death toll from the quake is now 19,509 and is expected to exceed 50,000 in the end. EPA/ZHOU CHAO
Soldiers rest during relief work at earthquake-hit Huayin town in Shifang in southwest China's Sichuan province 16 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/XIAO LI
A child receives treatment at a temporary medical station at earthquake-hit Luoshui town in Shifang in southwest China's Sichuan province 16 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/XIAO LI
Army rescuers prepare for their mission in the earthquake-hit Hanwang town in Mianzhu in southwest China's Sichuan province 16 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/WANG JUN
Three men walk over the debris in the earthquake-hit Hanwang town in Mianzhu in southwest China's Sichuan province 16 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/WANG JUN
Medical workers help a patient in the earthquake-devastated Hanwang town in Mianzhu in southwest China's Sichuan province 16 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/WANG JUN
Two women walk over the debris in the earthquake-hit Hanwang town in Mianzhu in southwest China's Sichuan province 16 May 2008. Official media estimates the death toll would reach 50,000 in the earthquake. EPA/WANG JUN
An army medic takes care of a survivor named Zuo Qing in Beichuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province 15 May 2008. The official death toll from the quake on 12 May is now 19,509 and is expected to exceed 50,000 in the end. EPA/GUO QUAN
Rescuers pull out the body of a student from the debris of a collapsed middle school in Beichuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province 15 May 2008. The official death toll from the quake on 12 May is now 19,509 and is expected to exceed 50,000 in the end. EPA/GUO QUAN
In Li county on the road to Wenchuan, epicentre of the 7.9 magnitude 12 May earthquake, vehicles and houses are destroyed by rock and mud flow 15 May 2008. The official death toll in the quake which is now reckoned to have been 7.9 on the Richter scale has reached 19,500 and is feared to be as high as 50,000. EPA/WENCHUAN
Parents walk more than 200 kilometers overland to reach the schools in Wenchuan, epicentre of the 12 May earthquake, to find their children who go to school there 15 May 2008. The official death toll in the quake which is now reckoned to have been 7.9 on the Richter scale has reached 19,500 and is feared to be as high as 50,000. EPA/WENCHUAN
An photograph taken 13 May 2008 and made available 15 May 2008 shows an injured young boy in the rubble of the collapsed Beichuan High School which was devastated in the 12 May earthquake. The unidentified boy was later successfully recovered by rescue workers. The death toll stands at 19,500 and the State Council, China's cabinet, has announced the toll could reach 50,000. EPA/ZHANG LEI/CNS
An aerial photograph taken 15 May 2008 shows devastated houses in Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the 12 May earthquake. The destroyed main highway into the area has hampered efforts to bring rescue crews and medical supplies into the most affected area. The death toll stands at 19,500 and the State Council, China's cabinet, has announced the toll could reach 50,000. EPA/ZHANG LEI/CNS
An aerial photograph taken 15 May 2008 shows the main highway into Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the 12 May earthquake. The destroyed raised highway has hampered efforts to bring rescue crews and medical supplies into the most affected area. The death toll stands at 19,500 and the State Council, China's cabinet, has announced the toll could reach 50,000. EPA/ZHANG LEI/CNS
Karma pays you backMay 16th, 2008 - 22:55:55
hate to say this...but karma has a way of paying you back twice over...as in chinas case you go give weapons and/or $$ to trash regimes and they go kill countless innocents people WITH FAMILIES...and you think everything is peachy and its not going to come back and bite???? WRONG this is the universe's little payback !
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