Saturday, March 5, 2011

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A woman is rescued from inside the Pyne Gould Corporation building after an earthquake in Christchurch.











People receive treatment as rescue workers try to find those trapped inside the Pyne Gould Corporation building after an earthquake in Christchurch.
























































Murray and Kelly James look at their destroyed house





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A woman is rescued by an Australian Urban Search and Rescue crew after spending a night trapped in a building that collapsed


Photograph: Wayne Drought/EP








An area is cordoned off after the front wall of a row of shops is destroyed








A rail line buckled by the shifting earthPhotograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images








A landslip crushes buildings in Sumner








A Baptist church lies in ruinsPhotograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters





Rescue workers are seen at the collapsed CTV building where missing people are believed to be trapped,Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters
















A bus damaged by the earthquake in Colombo St believed to have fatalities on board.






























Tourists living in temporary tented accomodation in Hagley Park.


















Police Superintendent Dave Cliff at a Media briefing, outside the Christchurch Art Gallery.











An injured earthquake victim is flown to Wellington Hospital.











The Christchurch Cathedral.











The toppled statue of a Canterbury founding father William Rolleston, a superintendent of Canterbury.











Search and Rescue volunteers listen to a briefing before heading off to their search assignments











A flight from Christchurch arrives at Hamilton Airport.



















Kent Manning, left, and his sister Lizzy, 18, with their father - they have been told there is no hope of finding their mother alive.















Kent Manning, 15, and Lizzy Manning, 18, wait for news of their mother, trapped in the CTV building.











A cyclist on Fitzgerald Avenue.















Damaged cars on Manchester St.















The Harper House of Christ's College.















The damaged Time Ball Tower in Lyttelton.
























































Liquefaction in Christchurch.











Buildings in Lyttelton destroyed by the quake.











A tanker truck stuck on the road out to Lyttelton.











The damaged Christchurch CBD.











Fire appliances from around Canterbury waiting for action outside the central fire station.











Ann Bodkin and her rescuer being lowered on a Fire ladder truck from the wreckage of the Pyne Gould building.











A very happy Graham Richardson after search and rescue pull out his wife Ann Bodkin alive from the Pyne Gould Guiness building.











Search and rescue pull out Ann Bodkin alive from the Pyne Gould Guiness building.











Damaged roads in Christchurch.











Left, St Lukes Church on Kilmore St, and right, the Pyne Gold Building.















The bridge near Victoria Street.



















The Provincial Chambers, damaged by the quake.



















The damaged Lincoln Road Bikeshop.



















Dust on the streets of Christchurch.















An aerial view of water damage.



















The Cathedral, with The Press building at the left.















The Hotel Grand Chancellor building in downtown Christchurch may collapse with reports the building is visibly slumping.



















The view over Lyttelton Harbour.























Buildings have collapsed in Lyttelton.



















The Empire hotel in Lyttelton.











Damage from the quake in Lyttelton.



















Damage from the quake in Lyttelton.



















Damage from the quake in Lyttelton.















Damage from the quake in Lyttelton.















Damage from the quake in Lyttelton.











Damage from the quake in Lyttleton.



















A building in Lyttelton that was destroyed.















A home in Lyttelton was wrecked by a boulder falling from a hill.



















An aerial image of the CTV building.






















A house in Sumner damaged by the quake.























A property in Sumner damaged by the quake.















A home damaged in Sumner.



















A home in Sumner damaged by the quake.



















A tanker trapped on a road near Lyttelton.



















An aerial shot of homes damaged in the Christchurch suburb of Sumner.



















Motorist queue for petrol at a station in Opawa.



















Rescuers free a woman from the PGC building this morning.



















A woman is pulled to safety from the PGC building.















Police and rescue staff celebrate after pulling someone from the PGC building.















A ute sticking out of a ditch in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood.















A damaged church in Linwood.











An Army vehicle stands guard at an intersection in central Christchurch.











Hundreds of people gather at Christchurch Airport this morning.











People line up at Christchurch Airport this morning.











A crane is used to try and dig through rubble at the CTV building.











Rescue staff work at the CTV building near Cashel St in the city centre.











A church on the corner of Cashel and Madras streets in the city centre.











Rescue staff work at the CTV building in the early hours of the morning.

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