Rescue Operations in Full Swing for Zhouqu Mudslides

The first group of 12 children from the mudslides-hit Zhouqu County visit the Summer Palace in Beijing on August 30 as part of their 10-day recuperation camp at the invitation of China Charities Aid Foundation for Children (XINHUA)
The first group of 12 children from the mudslides-hit Zhouqu County arrive in Beijing on August 26 for a 10-day recuperation camp at the invitation of China Charities Aid Foundation for Children (XINHUA)
A girl reads a textbook on the first day of the new semester at No. 2 Primary School in Zhouqu County on August 25 (XINHUA)
Premier Wen Jiabao stands on the Chengjiang Bridge to inspect the barrier lake as machines dredge the channel of the Bailongjiang River in Zhouqu on August 22. Wen made an inspection tour in Zhouqu on August 21-22 (XINHUA)
Premier Wen Jiabao talks with a girl during his visit to a middle school serving as a relocation center in landslide-hit Zhouquon August 21. Wen made an inspection tour in Zhouqu on August 21-22 (XINHUA)
A six-year-old girl receives hepatitis vaccine at a temporary shelter in mudslides-hit Zhouqu County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on August 18. Some 500 local children, aged between one and a half years to 6, have been vaccinated hepatitis vaccines (XINHUA)
Rescuers use heavy equipment to clear the sludge and rocks in mudslides-hit Zhouqu County on August 16. The drainage of the Bailong River, which runs through the county seat, was accelerated (XINHUA)
The national flag of China flies at half-mast on Chinese icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) in Arctic on August 15 (XINHUA)
People's Liberation Army soldiers in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, mourn for the victims in Zhouqu mudslides, on August 15 (XINHUA)
Students in Peking University mourn for the victims in Zhouqu mudslides on August 15 (XINHUA)
The national flag of China flies at half-mast on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on August 15. National flags across the country and at overseas embassies and consulates are lowered to half-mast on the National Mourning Day Sunday for Zhouqu mudslides victims (CFP)
Children stick best wishes notes on a board at the Youth and Children's Center in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on August 12, sending blessings for people in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County, in northwest China's Gansu Province (XINHUA)
Hong Liping gets her university acceptance letter in an emergency postal service spot on August 11 (XINHUA)
Staff members arrange newly printed textbooks at Xinhua Printing Factory in Lanzhou, capital city of Gansu Province, on August 11. The factory produced a total of 160,000 textbooks in three days to ensure that students in mudslide-hit Zhouqu resume class on time. The fall semester begins on September 1 (XINHUA)
Chen Xia, an intern who lost her grandmother in the mudslides, arranges products at Hongyuan Supermarket on August 11. On August 10, Hongyuan Supermarket, which is located near the Zhouqu County Government, became the first supermarket to resume operation (XINHUA)
A local farmer stands on top of farmland covered by layers of mud in Zhouqu County on August 11. The mud-rock flow has leveled an area about 5 km long, 300 meters wide and 5 meters deep in the county seat with more than 2 million cubic meters of mud and rocks, severely damaging power, telecommunications and water supply facilities (XINHUA)
Survivors get instant noodles and bottled water in a temporary resettlement spot at No.3 Middle School in Zhouqu County on August 11. A total of 300 disaster relief tents have been established in two temporary resettlement spots at No.1 and No.3 Middle Schools (XINHUA)
Postman Zhang Jicheng delivers university acceptance letters on August 11. More than 70 university acceptance letters reached local students as postal services resumed in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 11 (XINHUA)
A local resident gets drinking water on August 11. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development sent an emergency vehicle that carries a portable drinking water purifier to mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 10. With daily processing capability of 300 cubic meters of water, it ensures a safe water supply for up to 30,000 people (XINHUA)
Armed police officers use rubber boats to transfer people and disaster relief materials in the flooded central area of Zhouqu County on August 11 (XINHUA)
Residents in Lanzhou, capital city of Gansu Province, some 650 km away from mudslide-hit Zhouqu County, donate money for disaster relief on August 10 (XINHUA)
Epidemic prevention workers spray disinfectant in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 11 (XINHUA)
Survivors shop at a temporary retail booth in a resettlement spot in Zhouqu County on August 11 (XINHUA)
Local students volunteer for disaster relief work in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 11 (XINHUA)
A temporary resettlement spot at No.3 Middle School in Zhouqu County on August 11 (XINHUA)
A survivor waits for information about her missing family members in Zhouqu County on August 11. At least 702 people have been confirmed dead and 1,042 others were reported missing as of August 10 (XINHUA)
Rescuers set off the 10th explosion to release potential flood waters in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County at 6:35 p.m. on August 10. The drainage of the barrier lake was accelerated due to the explosion (XINHUA)
Two girls play outside a disaster relief tent in a temporary resettlement spot at No.3 Middle School in Zhouqu County on August 10. A total of 7,000 tents, 21,400 cotton quilts, 5,000 folding beds and 5,000 sleeping bags reached mudslide-hit Zhouqu on August 10, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said (XINHUA)
A framed wedding portrait sits on top of the debris in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 10 (XINHUA)
Liu Ma Shindan, 52, is pulled alive from the debris of a toppled apartment building at 11:30 a.m. on August 10, more than 50 hours after mudslides hit Zhouqu County on the morning of August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers clean up downtown streets in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 10 (XINHUA)
Residents from neighboring counties volunteer for rescue operations in mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 9 (XINHUA)
Machines and vehicles are buried in mud on August 8 (XINHUA)
Local residents transfer disaster relief equipment on August 8 (XINHUA)
A team of armed police officers takes a rest after finishing a rescue operation on August 8 (XINHUA)
Nurses take care of a baby survivor on August 8 (XINHUA)
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers managed to save a 78-year-old survivor on August 8 (XINHUA)
A PLA soldier tries to rescue a survivor on August 8 (XINHUA)
A survivor is found at 8:50 p.m. on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers offer liquid nutrition to survivors on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers in neighboring Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, assemble to prepare disaster relief materials for mudslide-hit Zhouqu County in Gansu Province on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers in neighboring Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, transfer disaster relief materials to mudslide-hit Zhouqu County in Gansu Province on August 8 (XINHUA)
Premier Wen Jiabao visits injured survivors at People's Hospital in Zhouqu County on August 8 (XINHUA)
Premier Wen Jiabao inspects disaster relief work on August 8 (XINHUA)
Premier Wen Jiabao inspects disaster relief work on August 8 (XINHUA)
A survivor is found on August 8 (XINHUA)
Clothes shield a survivor from the sun on August 8 (XINHUA)
Local residents clean up after the mudslide on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers and local residents conduct on-site rescue operations on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers and local residents remove the body of a victim on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers and local residents conduct on-site rescue operations on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers conduct on-site rescue operations on August 8 (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers conduct on-site rescue operations on August 8 (XINHUA)
This mobile phone picture taken on August 8 shows PLA soldiers transporting a survivor (XINHUA)
PLA soldiers help evacuate local residents on August 8 (XINHUA)
Local residents are evacuated from mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 8 (XINHUA)
Rescuers help evacuate a little boy on August 8 (XINHUA)
Local residents wade through floodwaters to evacuate to safe places on August 8 (XINHUA)
Rescuers evacuate injured survivors on August 8 (XINHUA)
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers from Lanzhou Military Area Command search for victims' bodies on August 8 (XINHUA)
Survivors' grief (XINHUA)
Mud and water flood the streets in Zhouqu County on August 8 (XINHUA)
Mud and water flood the streets in Zhouqu County on August 8 (XINHUA)
A bicycle in the mud in Zhouqu County on August 8 (XINHUA)
Local people are evacuated from mudslide-hit Zhouqu County on August 8 (XINHUA)