Aftershock Fears Send Thousands Of Chinese Out On To Streets

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(CHINA OUT) A resident sleeps outdoors to avoid aftershock on May 20, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. China has begun three days of national mourning for victims of the earthquake. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.

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(CHINA OUT) Residents stay outdoors in the campus of Sichuan University in an attempt to avoid the effects of any earthquake aftershocks on May 20, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Thousands of Chinese have taken to sleeping outside on the streets and in parks after a major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 40,075 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.

(CHINA OUT) A resident and a child sleep outdoors in an attempt to avoid the effects of any earthquake aftershocks on May 20, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Thousands of Chinese have taken to sleeping outside on the streets and in parks after a major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.

(CHINA OUT) Residents play poker and prepare to stay outdoors overnight in an attempt to avoid the effects of any earthquake aftershocks on May 21, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 40,075 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.

(CHINA OUT) Residents sleep outdoors in a square in an attempt to avoid the effects of any earthquke aftershocks on May 20, 2008 in Deyang of Sichuan Province, China. Thousands of Chinese have taken to sleeping outside on the streets and in parks after a major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll is now estimated at over 34,000 people and is expected to rise, as 100,000 military troops continue rescue operations.

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