2009 Photo Contest, Spot News, 2nd prize
Photographer

Bo Bor

Reuters

13 May, 2008

Soldiers carry an injured girl from a building destroyed by the earthquake. An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Beichuan County on May 12. The earthquake was the worst to hit China since 1976. Nearly 70,000 people were killed, and more than 4.5 million made homeless. Chinese authorities immediately poured troops into the region in a massive rescue attempt.

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Bo Bor

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