
A victim stretches out a hand to ask for help in Mianzhu of Sichuan Province on Tuesday. The death toll has risen to 3,000 in the city.

The confirmed national death toll reached 12,300 by 2 am Wednesday, nearly all of them in Sichuan, according to the temporary disaster relief headquarters headed by Premier Wen Jiabao, who arrived in Dujiangyan, to oversee the rescue work hours after the quake.

A boy is rescued from the debris of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 13, 2008.
2008年5月13日,四川
Another 9,404 were buried in debris, 7,841 were missing and 26,206 people were injured, according to the headquarters.
救災總部統計,尚有9404人被埋在廢墟中,7841人失蹤,26206人受傷。
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers try to dig out a victim buried under the remains of an apartment block that collapsed after a huge earthquake shook the area in the city of Dujiangyan, located around 50 kilometres north of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008.
2008年5月13日,人民解放軍戰士在努力挖掘埋于一座大廈廢墟中的幸存者。位于四川成都以北約50公里都江堰市的該大廈在巨震后倒塌。

Premier Wen Jiabao comforts an injured child in Mianyang, Sichuan Province on Tuesday. 7,395 have been reported dead in the city.
本周二,總理溫家寶在安慰四川綿陽一名受傷兒童。該市有7395個人死亡。

A child drinks water after being rescued from the rubble after an earthquake in Beichuan, Sichuan province May 13, 2008.
2008年5月13日,四川北川的一名兒童從震后碎石中被救出后正在喝水。