A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the remote Yushu County in China on April 14, 2010. Thousands of buildings collapsed, killing over 1,000 people. Rescuers searched through rubble for survivors as homeless residents set up shelters. The remote region, located at high elevation, was difficult for response teams to access due to damaged roads.

1. CHINA Earthquake - April 2010

3. April 15, 2010 - Yushu County, Qinghai, China A rescuer searches for survivors at a collapsed building.

4. Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of quake demolished building. April 15, 2010 - Yushu County, Qinghai, China

5. The rubble of a collapsed building after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake. April 15, 2010 - Yushu County, Qinghai, China

6. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China Tibetan monks carry a body they dug out from the debris of a collapsed hotel building in the earthquake.

7. A general view of a town square shows search and rescue operations. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

8. April 16, 2010 Satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows part of Yushu, China, one day after.

9. Rope and bandages hold together a medics quake-damaged vehicle as he drives through a makeshift hospital at the Yushu Sports Stadium. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

10. A woman, front, rests near her collapsed house while a rescuer leads a dog to search for a missing person. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

11. A dead horse lies among bloodstained rubble. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

12. Rescuers search students at a collapsed school. April 15, 2010 - Yushu County, Qinghai, China

13. A Tibetan monk walks on rubble. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

14. The hand of a Tibetan child killed by the earthquake is seen amongst blankets and clothing used as makeshift shrouds for the bodies of earthquake victims near Gyegu Monastery. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

15. A Tibetan monk stands beside hundreds of dead bodies wrapped in cloth at Gyegu Monastery. The actual death toll from Wednesday's quake is still unclear, but the damage was mainly around Gyegu, where most of Yushu county's 100,000 people reside. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

16. Monks carry bodies, wrapped in cloth, onto a truck for Tibetan burial near the Gyegu Monastery. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

17. In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, two people search for useful goods on debris of their destroyed house. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

18. Chinese paramilitary policemen look for survivors under the debris of collapsed houses. April 15, 2010 – Yushu County, Qinghai, China

19. Injured earthquake survivors wait to board a flight to a safe place for medical treatment, at the Yushu airport. April 15, 2010 – Yushu County, Qinghai, China

20. Medical staff attend to an injured earthquake victim at a hospital after a group of 24 severely injured earthquake survivors were evacuated to Lanzhou, in northwest China's Gansu province. April 15, 2010 – Lanzhou, Gansu, China

21. Ambulances are loaded to trailers to transport to Yushu county. April 16, 2010 - Qinghai, Beijing

22. A Tibetan man makes phone calls to his relatives at his destroyed house after an earthquake. April 16, 2010 – Yushu County, Qinghai, China

23. A dog sleeps near the Tibetan Buddhist Gyegu Monastery which overlooks the surrounding area. Many bodies have been brought to the monastery for cremation after the recent quake. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

24. Ethnic Tibetans and local residents unload tents from a truck. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

25. A damaged car rests beneath the rubble of a quake-demolished building. April 16, 2010 – Yushu County, Qinghai, China

26. A Tibetan woman is comforted by her friends after rescuers pulled the body of her son from the rubble of a school that had collapsed after an earthquake. April 16, 2010 – Yushu County, Qinghai, China

27. An injured Tibetan is carried by his relatives and residents to a bus which will take him to a safe place for medical treatment. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

28. Angxiuduojie, 31, an ethnic Tibetan man, shows journalists where he and his family escaped from his collapsed house. April 15, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

29. Tibetans pull down a wall where they believe survivors may be buried amid the debris of a collapsed hotel building. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

30. Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of quake-demolished building. April 15, 2010 – Yushu County, Qinghai, China

31. The bodies of an ethnic Tibetan woman and her daughter are seen inside a cage, before a traditional burial, amid the debris of collapsed house. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

32. A family rest in their courtyard near collapsed houses. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

33. A woman collects wood in the debris of collapsed houses. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

34. Earthquake survivors cook on a makeshift stove in front of the demolished homes. April 16, 2010 – Gyegu, Yushu County, Qinghai, China

35. A nine-month-old child injured from the earthquake waits to board a flight to Xining city, at the Yushu airport. April 16, 2010 – Yushu County, Qinghai, China

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