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| Shattered roofs of collapsed houses are seen against the backdrop of snow-covered mountains after an earthquake in the Italian village of Onna April 6, 2009. |
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| An aerial view of the destruction in the city of L'Aquila, central Italy, Monday, April 6, 2009. A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept - the country's deadliest quake in nearly three decades, officials said. |
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| Part of the wall of a house still stands amongst the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Castelnuovo, central Italy, Monday, April 6, 2009. |
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The Duomo Cathedral of San Massimo is seen damaged in the town center of L'Aquila, central Italy, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. |
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A dog searches through rubble in the village of Onna, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Italy's deadly earthquake crushed people as they slept, killing 40 of the hamlet's 300 inhabitants. |
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| Six-year-old Sara Luce and her mother eat as they rest outdoors after an earthquake caused the collapse of St. Salvatore Hospital in Aquila April 6, 2009. |
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An Italian military carabinieri walks on debris past destroyed buildings after an earthquake, in downtown Aquila April 6, 2009. |
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| A woman is seen in a tent camp in L'Aquila April 7, 2009. |
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| Rescue workers search for bodies amongst the rubble of a destroyed building on April 6, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy. |
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Rescue workers carry a survivor found in the rubble of a collapsed house after an earthquake in Aquila April 6, 2009. |
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| A destroyed house is seen April 07, 2009 at the entrance of the off-limits village of Onna, near the epicenter of the April 6, 2009 earthquake in the region of the Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila. |
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Hands of a lifeless body lie amidst the debris of a collapsed home in the city of L'Aquila, after a strong earthquake rocked central Italy, early Monday, April 6, 2009. . |
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| Antonello Colangeli (center) reacts as he awaits news about his son, Giulio, still trapped in a collapsed building in Aquila April 6, 2009. |
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Giulio Colangeli is carried away by rescuers as his father Antonello reacts, in the city of L'Aquila early Monday, April 6, 2009. |
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| A woman is comforted as she reacts following an earthquake aftershock, at a makeshift camp in L'Aquila, central Italy, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Some of the thousands of people driven from their homes by Italy's deadly earthquake found shelter Tuesday in tent camps, seaside hotels or their own cars, making do with makeshift accommodations as hopes began to fade that any more survivors would be found. |
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Rescuers work to recover victims from inside a building overnight on April 8, 2009 in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila. |
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A view of Santa Maria Paganica church, severely damaged after the earthquake of April 7, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy. |
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An excavator digs near a collapsed building in Aquila April 6, 2009. |
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| Rescue workers search for survivors under a collapsed house in downtown Aquila April 6, 2009. |
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The shadow of a man holding his daughter following a quake aftershock is seen on the side of a tent, at a makeshift camp in L'Aquila, central Italy, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. |
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A resident sleeps in a car in a yard in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila on April 8, 2009 . |
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Local people who were evacuated following a violent earthquake the day before wake up after spending the night in a shelter set up in a gymnasium of L'Aquila sport center university early on April 7, 2009. |
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| People awaken on April 7, 2009 after spending the night in a stadium in the Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila, the epicenter of an earthquake that struck on April 6. |
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| A coroner carries the body of an infant to place with its mother in a coffin, after an earthquake in the Italian village of Onna April 6, 2009. ( |
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| Crushed cars are seen on a field in the Italian village of Onna April 7, 2009. |
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| Destroyed houses in the village of Onna are seen in this aerial view near L'Aquila, Italy on April 7, 2009. |
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A firefighter cries after finding his daughter, dead in the rubble of a collapsed house after an earthquake in Aquila April 7, 2009. |
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A damaged house in the village of Castelnuovo, central Italy, following a strong earthquake, Monday, April 6, 2009. |
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| An aerial view of Santa Maria Paganica church in L'Aquila, central Italy, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region. |
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A survivor sits in an ambulance a day after an earthquake struck the Italian village of Onna April 7, 2009. |
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| An entrance hall in a destroyed house is seen the morning after an earthquake struck the Italian village of Onna April 7, 2009. |
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A rescuer continues to look for survivors in the remains of a collapsed building on April 8, 2009 in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila. |