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People are a long way from returning to normal life in Southwestern China. One town near the epicenter will never be the same: China's official news agency says it lost close to 80 percent of its population.

Many thousands remain buried across a wide area. Some are being pulled out alive.

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Construction workers climb around a section of collapsed crane that protrudes from a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue in New York on Sunday.

Crews with search dogs and heat-sensing cameras sought survivors or more victims in piles of rubble.