last Hospital patients wait outside in Fuyang, in China's Anhui province ((AP Photo/Greg Baker))

Image 1 of 15  >  »

Local residents receive medical treatment outside after being evacuated from a hospital in Chongqing municipality, after an earthquake in neighbouring Sichuan province, May 12, 2008. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu, followed by a series of smaller tremors.

REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA)


recent galleries