A week on from the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar, teams of rescue workers are searching for survivors in the city of Mandalay. Even as hope dwindled with time, Chinese rescue teams persisted in their search and rescue efforts.
China Daily
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09:12 AM (GMT+8) April 3, 2025
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Residents watch rescue work by the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team in the city of Mandalay, Myanmar, on the Monday evening. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
Local people pass the seriously damaged Mahamuni Paya monastery on a motorcycle on Wednesday. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work overnight in Mandalay on Tuesday. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
Sun Jianjun, a member of the Chinese Red Cross rescue team, takes a break after working overnight on Tuesday. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
Disease control experts from the Yunnan province rescue and medical team test samples of drinking water at a hospital in Nay Pyi Daw on Monday. WANG SHEN/XINHUA
Members of the Chinese Red Cross team return identity documents found among rubble to Li Yunjing, an ethnic Chinese, in Mandalay on Tuesday. Due to missing the documents, she was forced to sleep on the street, resulting in her daughter being hospitalized with heat stroke. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
Two children play soccer at a temporary resettlement site for disaster victims in a stadium in Mandalay on Tuesday. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
Medical workers from China's Yunnan province rescue and medical team check conditions at a hospital in Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar, on Monday. WANG SHEN/XINHUA
Local residents take shelter at an open area in Mandalay on Monday evening. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
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