May 16. The gatepost sign of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County Government lies among the ruins of the government office.
Rescuers try to extricate Bian Gangfen from ruins in a chemical factory in the quake-hit Yinghua Town of Shifang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 17, 2008. Bian Gangfen, 31, was successfully rescued at 18:18 p.m. on Saturday, 124 hours after she was trapped amid concrete in the deadly earthquake.