Help on its way ... a nurse tends to a man trapped in the rubble. The death toll is expected to continue to rise with thousands believed to have been buried alive / AP
Buried ... a man is trapped in the debris in the earthquake-hit Beichuan County, about 160km (100 miles) northeast of the epicenter / AP
Victims ... relatives mourn near the bodies of victims who were killed during an earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province. The death toll from China's most devastating earthquake in three decades surged past 13,000 two days after the 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit / Reuters
Lucky to survive ... an earthquake survivor seen at a hospital in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province / AP
Mourning ... residents grieve as bodies are taken out from the collapsed remains of a school following Monday's earthquake in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province / AP
Frantic search ... in this photo, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, local residents work to clear away debris from a collapsed building in Mianzhu City / AP
Saved ... a man is pulled from the rubble as reports come in of people trapped under buildings unable to be reached by rescuers / Reuters