The earthquake death toll across China rose to 14,866 by 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Xinhua learnt from authoritative sources.
Among the figure, 14,463 were dead in Sichuan Province, 280 in Gansu Province, 106 in Shaanxi Province, 14 in Chongqing Municipality, two in Henan Province and one in Yunnan Province.
Rescuers from Chongqing Municipality save a survivor in debris of collapsed buildings in Beichuan, one of the counties that suffered the most from Monday's earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Rescuers from Guizhou Province evacuate a senior citizen in quake-stricken Deyang city, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Armed police try to remove a chair that presses on 17-year-old student Yan Peng in the quake-stricken Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. A strong quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Sichuan at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. At that moment, Yan was swung out of classroom by strong shake, but he came back to the classroom, trying to save his trapped classmates. Unfortunately, Yan was buried in the ruins for over 40 hours. Thanks to hard searching and rescuing for several hours by armed police, he was finally rescued. (Xinhua Photo)