Rescue workers look for earthquake survivors under a collapsed house in L'Aquila, ItalyPhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/ReutersPeople flee their homes after the quake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, struck the medieval cityPhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/ReutersRescue workers carry an injured woman from her housePhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Firefighters carry a survivor out of a crumbled homePhotograph: Pier Paolo Cito/APRescue teams retrieve a person from a building. Residents have been warned to prepare for aftershocksPhotograph: Peri - Percossi/EPAPeople keep warm on the street. Italian media estimate that thousands of people may have been made homeless by the quakePhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/ReutersA man looks for his relatives among debris. The quake was the latest and strongest in a series to hit the L'Aquila area over the past two daysPhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/ReutersAn Italian military carabinieri walks past destroyed buildingsPhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/ReutersThe body of a victim lies on the streetPhotograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty ImagesRescuers search for trapped people under the ruins of a collapsed housePhotograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty ImagesA chasm gapes where the street once wasPhotograph: Peri - Percossi/EPAElderly women in the rubble-strewn streetPhotograph: Grillo/EPAShocked locals take stock amid the debrisPhotograph: Pier Paolo Cito/APResidents sit on the pavement in the town centrePhotograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty ImagesDoctors and rescue workers rush by a collapsed building in the centre of the cityPhotograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty ImagesFire crew work on a collapsed buildingPhotograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty ImagesLuigi d'Andrea collects belongings from the debris of his apartmentPhotograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty ImagesRescuers sift through the wreckage of a housePhotograph: Chris Helgren/ReutersRescuers with an injured man who was recovered from a collapsed buildingPhotograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
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