Waiting for extraction: A Chinese student holds an IV drip for a schoolmate trapped in the rubble of a collapsed high school in Beichuan county, Sichuan province. The death toll from Monday’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake exceeded 12,000 with untold numbers buried under toppled buildings.
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Creatures of the Blue Lagoon: Sore muscles get a relaxing soak in the Blue Lagoon hot springs near the Svartsengi geothermal power plant in Grindavik, Iceland.
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Ladies of the evening: The Painted Ladies, a row of historical Victorians, underscore the San Francisco skyline in a view from Alamo Square.
