Flooding in north-west China

A child looks out from her tent at a temporary settlement Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

A Chinese woman cries among the rubble as rescuers take a break from their searches. Fresh heavy rains brought more misery to the town of Zhouqu, which was hit by a devastating by mudslides Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A man surveys a field engulfed by a mudslide in Zhouqu county Photograph: Rex Features

A six-year-old child carries his one-year-old brother through the scene of a mudslide Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Chinese emergency services use explosives in an attempt to clear blockages and release floodwaters Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Chinese rescuers recover money and other personal belongings of victims of the landslide Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

A satellite image of the mudslide that killed hundreds of people in Zhouqu, Gansu province Photograph: DigitalGlobe/Getty Images

Chinese soldiers help with the rescue and clean-up operations Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

A man watches the rescue operation going on around him in the town of Zhouqu Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

A woman weeps over the body of her child
Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

People cover their noses while carrying their belongings away
Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Emergency workers in protective suits prepare to disinfect the ground Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Rescue workers search through debris as hopes fade of finding more survivors Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

A Chinese soldier rests on his shovel Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

A victim is carried out of the rubble left by the landslide Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Shopkeepers sit on a pile of mud inside their store Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Wooden boards are carried across the debris in an attempt to create a safe route across soft mud Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Explosives are detonated to clear away debris blocking the flow of a river Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

A mud-covered shoe rests in the debris left by the landslide Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

People support a woman whose relatives are missing Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Rescuers ferry people across a flooded street Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

A desperate hunt for survivors began after the mudslide, triggered by torrential rain Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A man mourns his missing relatives. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Family members identify the body of a 46-year old man
Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

A man holds a family photo as he waits for information about his missing wife in Zhouqu Photograph: Reuters

Construction workers look out at the site of the landslide Photograph: AP

The foot of a victim killed in the Zhouqu mudslide Photograph: ALY SONG/Reuters

Rescue workers and residents dig through mud to look for survivors Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

China's premier, Wen Jiabao, visits the town of Zhouqu as rescuers search through the debris Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers carry a survivor out of the rubble Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Survivors wait for rescuers to take them from their flooded homes in the town of Zhouqu Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Soldiers try to rescue a survivor trapped beneath a collapsed building Photograph: Zhang Yongjin/AP

A boy jumps into floodwaters as rescuers help people from flooded buildings Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

An aerial view of the mudslide that tore through the town of Zhouqu Photograph: Xiong Gang/EPA