

Rescuers from Shandong Province are seen at the airport in Xining, China, on April 15. China poured rescue workers and equipment into a mountainous Tibetan region Thursday in a bid to find survivors more than a day after strong earthquakes killed hundreds of people and injured thousands more in Qinghai Province, China. AP
Rescuers carry a survivor of the earthquakes in Qinghai Province, China, on April 15. The death toll from the earthquakes has risen to 617, Xinhua said on Thursday. Reuters
A rescuer feeds a young earthquake survivor as she waits to board a flight to the city of Chendu with other injured survivors. Reuters
Rescuers search for victims at the site of a destroyed school after earthquakes in China's Qinghai Province on APril 15. Reuters
Survivors emerge surrounded by collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Jiegu township in Qinghai Province, China. Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people. AP
Soldiers and rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of fallen buildings on April 14 in QInghai Province, China. AP
Injured earthquake survivors take refuge at Yushu airport waiting for medical attention and to be transferred out of China's QInghai Province on April 15. AP
Ethnic Tibetan monks sit near rescuers at the site of a collapsed dormitory building at a school in the town of Jiegu in China's Qinghai Province on April 15. Alfred Jin/Reuters
Ambulances are loaded onto trailers for transport to the earthquake-hit Qinghai Province on April 15. AP
People gather on the debris of a collapsed building while rescuers work on site in the town of Jiegu after strong earthquakes struck China's Qinghai Province on Wednesday. Alexander F. Yuan/AP
A man makes a phone call outside his collapsed home in the earthquake-hit town of Jiegu on April 15. Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as survivors faced a second night outside in freezing weather after strong earthquakes left hundreds of people dead and thousands hurt in a mountainous Tibetan area of western China. Alexander F. Yuan/AP
Rescuers and Tibetan monks are seen standing on rubble from a collapsed building in China's Qinghai Province on April 14. Strong earthquakes toppled hundreds of homes and some schools in the remote mountainous Tibetan plateau on Wednesday. CCTV/Reuters
Rescue workers with sniffer dogs arrive at the airport in Yushu County in Qinghai Province, China, on April 14 to help with the rescue efforts following strong earthquakes in the region on Wednesday. AP
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers discuss rescue plans on their way to the epicenter of a 6.9-magnitude earthquake on April 14 in China's Qinghai Province. Alfred Jin/Reuters
A video grab shows soldiers and rescue workers searching for survivors after a series of strong earthquakes in China's Qinghai Province on April 14. CCTV/Reuters
Rescuers look for survivors following a series of strong earthquakes in China's western Qinghai Province on April 14. CCTV via APTN/AP
Damage from the earthquake on April 14 in China's Qinghai Province is seen in the town of Jiegu, a Tibetan autonomous prefecture. Wu Hong/Xinhua/AP
People walk on the ruins of collapsed buildings in China's Qinghai Province on April 14 after an earthquake struck the region. Ren Xiaogang/Xinhua/AP
Local people gather outside after being evacuated from buildings following an earthquake that hit the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in China's Qinghai Province, on April 14. Zhang Hongshuan/Xinhua/AP
Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Qinghai, China, on April 14. AP
A car is buried under collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Yushu County, in China's Qinghai Province, on April 14. Hundreds of people were killed in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in a series of strong shocks in the mountainous Tibetan area. Ren Xiaogang/Xinhua/AP
Rescuers amid damaged buildings in China's Qinghai Province are seen here on April 14. CCTV/AP
In China's western Qinghai Province, rescue workers walk over rubble on April 14 after a series of strong earthquakes struck the region on Wednesday. CCTV via APTN/AP
A man stands amid rubble near a destroyed building in the town of Jiegu in China's in western Qinghai Province on April 14. A series of strong earthquakes struck the region on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands more under toppled houses in the mountainous rural area. Wu Hong/Xinhua/AP
Rescue workers are seen at the site of a collapsed building in Qinghai, China, on April 14 after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the region.