Earthquake

Kuo Kai-wen, director of the Seismology Centre in Taipei, points at a graph indicating an earthquake in Taipei on November 5, 2009. A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit central Taiwan, the government said, with initial reports stating that one person had suffered minor injuries.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Chiara Boni (L) and Simonetta Tugnoli Frabboni (R) attend the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Gondazione Altagamma President Leonardo Ferragamo poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Baby Nel Cuore President Simonetta Tugnoli Frabboni poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Altagamma General Secretary Armando Branchini poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Leonardo Ferragamo (L) and Simonetta Tugnoli Frabboni (R) attend the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Federica Torti poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Baby Nel Cuore President Simonetta Tugnoli Frabboni poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Simonetta Tugnoli Frabboni attends the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Chiara Boni attends the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Altagamma President Leonardo Ferragamo attends the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Armando Branchini (L) and Simonetta Tugnoli Frabboni (R) attend the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Leonardo Ferragamo (L) and Chiara Boni (R) attend the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Designer Chiara Boni poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Altagamma President Leonardo Ferragamo attends the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Federica Torti poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Designer Chiara Boni poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Gondazione Altagamma President Leonardo Ferragamo poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Federica Torti poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Designer Chiara Boni poses after the 'eforpeople.com' Supports Abruzzo Earthquake Victims: Press Conference on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'epeople.com has been created by Baby nel Cuore, an italian voluntary organisation who promotes welfare programmes and child sponsoring in the Third World.

Residents in the town of Bima survey the damage following a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on November 9, 2009. The Indonesian state news agency said two people were killed and dozens injured after the quake stuck in the early hours from the town of Raba at a depth of 18 kilometres.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants visits pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants kiss goodbye with pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants attend a photocall with pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: A nurse holds a four-year-old boy who has undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China. Lifeline Express is a four-carriage hospital train established in Hong Kong in July 1997 that has toured remote and poverty-stricken areas in 27 provinces, regions and municipalities, providing free or affordable cataract surgery for over 90,000 people. Since the train stopped in Suining in August this year, it has carried out surgery for 130 cataract patients from earthquake-stricken areas.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: A contestant holds hands with two pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: A doctor removes a bandage for a four-year-old boy who has undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China. Lifeline Express is a four-carriage hospital train established in Hong Kong in July 1997 that has toured remote and poverty-stricken areas in 27 provinces, regions and municipalities, providing free or affordable cataract surgery for over 90,000 people. Since the train stopped in Suining in August this year, it has carried out surgery for 130 cataract patients from earthquake-stricken areas.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants play table tennis with pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants play with pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: Senior citizens who have undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express rest in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China. Lifeline Express is a four-carriage hospital train established in Hong Kong in July 1997 that has toured remote and poverty-stricken areas in 27 provinces, regions and municipalities, providing free or affordable cataract surgery for over 90,000 people. Since the train stopped in Suining in August this year, it has carried out surgery for 130 cataract patients from earthquake-stricken areas.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants visit pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: Senior citizens who have undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express rest in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China. Lifeline Express is a four-carriage hospital train established in Hong Kong in July 1997 that has toured remote and poverty-stricken areas in 27 provinces, regions and municipalities, providing free or affordable cataract surgery for over 90,000 people. Since the train stopped in Suining in August this year, it has carried out surgery for 130 cataract patients from earthquake-stricken areas.

SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: A doctor applies eyedrops for a four-year-old girl who has undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China. Lifeline Express is a four-carriage hospital train established in Hong Kong in July 1997 that has toured remote and poverty-stricken areas in 27 provinces, regions and municipalities, providing free or affordable cataract surgery for over 90,000 people. Since the train stopped in Suining in August this year, it has carried out surgery for 130 cataract patients from earthquake-stricken areas.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants paints with pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: A man who has undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express rests in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China. Lifeline Express is a four-carriage hospital train established in Hong Kong in July 1997 that has toured remote and poverty-stricken areas in 27 provinces, regions and municipalities, providing free or affordable cataract surgery for over 90,000 people. Since the train stopped in Suining in August this year, it has carried out surgery for 130 cataract patients from earthquake-stricken areas.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants visits pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: A woman holds her four-year-old daughter who has undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China. Lifeline Express is a four-carriage hospital train established in Hong Kong in July 1997 that has toured remote and poverty-stricken areas in 27 provinces, regions and municipalities, providing free or affordable cataract surgery for over 90,000 people. Since the train stopped in Suining in August this year, it has carried out surgery for 130 cataract patients from earthquake-stricken areas.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants play with pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Contestants visit pupils at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: A contestant plays table tennis with a pupil at a primary school during an event of the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2009 at the Hongkou Township which was destroyed during the May 12 Earthquake, on November 23, 2009 in Dujiangyan of Sichuan Province, China. Seventy contestants will attend the beauty pageant final held in Chengdu on November 28.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Alberto Gilardino, Raffaele Palladino, Antonio Di Natale and Daniele Galloppa during the Italy national soccer team visit to earthquake striken areas in L'Aquila, Coppito on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Giancarlo Abete the President of FIGC, Guido Bertolaso and Fabio Cannavaro speak during the Italy national soccer team visit to earthquake striken areas in L'Aquila, Coppito on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Marcello Lippi the head coach of Italy and Guido Bertolaso during the Italy National Soccer Team visit to the earthquake striken areas of L'Aquila, Bazzano on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Giancarlo Abete the President of FIGC and Demetrio Albertini dine during the Italy National soccer team visit to earthquake striken areas in L'Aquila, Coppito on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Giancarlo Abete the President of FIGC and Demetrio Albertini during the Italy National Soccer Team visit to the earthquake striken areas in L'Aquila, Bazzano on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Giancarlo Abete the President of FIGC and Guido Bertolaso speak during the Italy national soccer team visit to earthquake striken areas in L'Aquila, Coppito on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Raffaele Palladino, Alberto Gilardino and Salvatore Bocchetti during the Italy National Soccer Team visit to the earthquake striken areas of L'Aquila, Bazzano on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Italy head coach Marcello Lippi and Guido Bertolaso dine during the Italy National soccer team visit to earthquake striken areas in L'Aquila, Coppito on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Gianluigi Buffon signs autographs as he dines during the Italy National soccer team visit to earthquake striken areas in L'Aquila, Coppito on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.

L'AQUILA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Morgan De Sanctis, Mattia Cassani and Christian Maggio during the Italy National Soccer Team visit to the earthquake striken areas of L'Aquila, Bazzano on November 12, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy.