Catastrophic Rescuers search the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan. The Chinese press agency Xinhua reports that the death toll has topped 8,500.

Rubble Residents stand in awe near the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan.

Rescue Workers probe the collapsed Juyuan middle school where six children were killed in Dujiangyan.

Grief A woman cries on a street Chengdu after the quake. Thousands of soldiers and police have been dispatched to central China.

Out in the Street People evacuate to an open-air parking area in Chongqing.

TIME:An Earthquake in China
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1739342,00.html

CNN:Rescuers reach China quake epicenter
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/china.quake/index.html