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Quake in New Zealand kills scores The search for survivors continues after buildings crumbled following a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that hit at the height of the workday Tuesday in Christchurch, the nation's second-largest city.
Feb. 26, 2011
A vehicle is crushed under collapsed buildings in Lyttelton, near Christchurch, New Zealand. The death toll had risen to 145 Saturday, and the hope for finding survivors was fading as rescuers searched debris for more than 200 people still missing. The quake, an aftershock of a 7.1 magnitude temblor that struck the South Island city on Sept. 4, 2010, has caused damage and fatalities far exceeding those of the original.
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Recovery workers are lowered by crane onto the top of Christchurch Cathedral, which was heavily damaged in the earthquake.
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An earthmover is parked in a street to demolish a collapsed building in Lyttelton, New Zealand.
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A volunteer fills water bottles at a free drink station in Bexley, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Cars lie crushed under a fallen building in central Christchurch after Tuesday's earthquake.
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Tara Hayward walks her dog, Alfie, past a New Zealand soldier patrolling the streets of Christchurch after the earthquake.
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Tombstones were damaged in the Linwood cemetery in Christchurch.
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Two police officers walk past a fallen statue in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Heavy machinery demolishes an earthquake-damaged church in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Search and recovery personnel carry steel-cutting equipment at the destroyed Christchurch Cathedral.
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Emergency workers prepare to remove a body from the site of the CTV building in Christchurch.
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A police dog searches the rubble with its handler in Christchurch.
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Search and recovery personnel work near the destroyed Christchurch Cathedral.
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Feb. 23, 2011
An aerial view of emergency workers at the ruined CTV building in central Christchurch, New Zealand. Search teams used their bare hands, dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers to pull survivors from the rubble of Tuesday's powerful earthquake.
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Kelly James takes photos of her destroyed house in central Christchurch. Tuesday's magnitude 6.3 temblor killed dozens of people, collapsed buildings and caused other extensive damage in the city.
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Eighteen-year-old Libby Manning cries after being told there is no chance of survivors being rescued from the CTV building in Christchurch. Her mother, Donna, was trapped in the destroyed building.
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A car drives past tram rails that broke during Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch, which is in southern New Zealand.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Heavy machinery removes a destroyed commercial building from a street after Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Mark, front left, and Paul Lupi, volunteers from the Rangiora Response Unit, distribute clean water to Christchurch residents.
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Feb. 23, 2011
A Baptist church lies in ruins after Tuesday's earthquake.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Vehicles remained trapped in Christchurch a day after a deadly earthquake rocked the city.
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Feb. 23, 2011
An area is cordoned off after the front wall of a row of shops collapsed following the earthquake.
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Feb. 23, 2011
A rail line was buckled by the shifting earth in Christchurch.
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Mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker speaks to the media a day after a deadly earthquake rocked the city. Hundreds of rescuers swarmed over twisted and smoking buildings in a frantic search for survivors.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Rescue workers search for victims under the rubble near the Canterbury Television building in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Two men celebrate after being pulled out from a destroyed building in Christchurch.
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Feb. 23, 2011
A woman is pulled from the rubble after Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch.
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A man is escorted by a rescue worker after being pulled from a destroyed building in Christchurch.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Survivors stand in a parking lot in Christchurch wrapped in blankets.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Fifteen-year-old Kent Manning, left, and his sister Libby, 18, react with their father, who asked not to identified, after they were told by police that there was no hope of finding Kent and Libby's mother alive in a collapsed building following a 6.3-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, in Christchurch.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Survivors and homeless people gather at a disaster shelter in Christchurch.
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Feb. 23, 2011
A car remains stuck in a gap on a road following Tuesday's earthquake in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Murray and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Retail shops in Merivale are left open to the elements in Christchurch. At least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch about 1 p.m. local time. The quake, which was an aftershock of a 7.1 magnitude quake that struck the South Island city Sept. 4, has left damage and fatalities far exceeding those of the original.
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Feb. 22, 2011
An injured person is carried by rescue workers after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, at the height of a busy workday Tuesday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters.
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Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed building in Madras Street after the earthquake in Christchurch.
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The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale lies in ruins.
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The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale shows its scars from the earthquake.
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Feb. 22, 2011
Taiwan's earthquake rescue workers load their equipment before their flight out of Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, to Christchurch via Sydney. New Zealand rescue teams worked under searchlights early Wednesday to find scores of people trapped under collapsed buildings.
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Feb. 22, 2011
Cars are abandoned on a flooded street after the earthquake in Christchurch.
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Feb. 22, 2011
Rescue workers try to extinguish a fire at a collapsed building in central Christchurch.
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Feb. 22, 2011
Rescue workers search for victims after the earthquake rocked Christchurch.
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Debris crushes a car outside the Christchurch Catholic Cathedral.
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An iconic Christchurch tram is covered in debris.
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A car is crushed by fallen concrete after the earthquake in central Christchurch.
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Feb. 22, 2011
Rescue crews look for staff members in the damaged Pyne Gould Guinness building in central Christchurch.
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Feb. 22, 2011
An aerial view of a damaged cathedral after an earthquake in central Christchurch. The quake was the second to hit New Zealand in five months.
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Feb. 22, 2011
Rescuers move a man from beneath rubble in Christchurch.
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A woman is pulled from the rubble in Christchurch.
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A man is rescued from the rubble in Christchurch.
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Rescue workers climb onto the collapsed Pyne Gould Guinness Building in central Christchurch.
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Office workers look for a way out of a high-rise building in central Christchurch.
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Debris litters central Christchurch.
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A man looks for any victims among the rubble in central Christchurch.
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Rescue workers work to extinguish a fire at a collapsed building in central Christchurch.
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A car is crushed by debris after an earthquake in Christchurch.
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Bodies are covered in Christchurch.
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