TIMELY REACTION: A disease control worker sprays disinfectant on a dustbin near a temporary settlement for earthquake survivors in Lushan County on April 21 (LI JIAN)

HEALING A HEART: A paramedic gives water to a sobbing girl scared by the sight of her mother's injured feet in Lushan County on April 20 (WU QIKAI)

ON-CAMPUS HOUSING: A middle school athletic field serves as a temporary settlement for people who lost their homes in the quake in Baoxing County (ZHANG SHIBAO)

GIFT OF LIFE: Students at the University of South China in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, donate blood for earthquake survivors on April 21 (CAO ZHENGPING)

FEEDING THE NEEDY: Volunteers serve free dishes to earthquake survivors in a temporary settlement in Baoxing County on April 21 (LIU CHAN)

EAGER TO HELP: Local residents donate money to earthquake-affected areas on a city square in Qingtongxia City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on April 22 (LI RAN)

LITTLE HELPERS: Children help their parents carry instant noodles distributed by the government at a settlement for earthquake survivors in Longmen Township, Lushan County, on April 22 (ZHANG XIAOLI)

VOLUNTEER TEACHERS: Two foreign students of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics volunteer to give English lessons to middle school students in Lushan County on April 22 (JIANG HONGJING)