The ruined town of Shifang, where two chemical plants collapsed on hundreds of workers and released 80 tons of toxic liquid ammonia. Shifang, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008.
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  • The ruined town of Shifang, where two chemical plants collapsed on hundreds of workers and released 80 tons of toxic liquid ammonia. Shifang, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008.
  • Surviving couple in the ruin of their home. Qingchuan town, Sichuan Province. May 27, 2008.
  • The ruined town of Shifang, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008
  • Survivors inspect the ruins of their home. Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province. May 26, 2008.
  • Surviving women trying to demolish the ruins of their home. Qingchuan town, Sichuan Province. May 27, 2008.
  • Exhausted troops of the People‘s Liberation Army. Qingchuan town, Sichuan Province. May 27, 2008.
  • Survivor in the ruined town of Shifang, where two chemical plants collapsed on hundreds of workers and released 80 tons of toxic liquid ammonia. Shifang, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008.
  • Left behind shoes in the ruined town of Shifang, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008.
  • A woman cooks in a refugee camp next to a military camp. The people who live there since two weeks already, will have to stay there for much longer. Mianzhu, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008.
  • Displaced survivors, in front of their newly build temporary houses, provided by the government. They are expected to stay there for at least two years. Luo Shui Town, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008
  • A mother in anguish, who lost her 8-year old daughter in the ruins of „Xinjian Primary School“, Duijiangyan, Sichuan Province. May 26, 2008.
  • School satchels in the ruins of „Xinjian Primary School“, Duijiangyan, Sichuan Province. May 26, 2008.
  • Survivors on motorbikes in the destroyed city of Hangwang, Sichuan Province. May 29, 2008.
  • Car destroyed by a rock, mountainroad to the destroyed town of Hombai, Sichuan province. May 26, 2008.