Tourists walk on the dry riverbed at Baiyanghe Canyon scenic area in Kalamay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on September 2, 2008. The most severe drought in ten years currently threatens the city in northwestern China. [Photo: Photobase.cn]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Tourists walk on the dry riverbed at Baiyanghe Canyon scenic area in Kalamay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on September 2, 2008. The most severe drought in ten years currently threatens the city in northwestern China. [Photo: Photobase.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080904/001109b42f730a29ce1851.jpg "Tourists walk on the dry riverbed at Baiyanghe Canyon scenic area in Kalamay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on September 2, 2008. The most severe drought in ten years currently threatens the city in northwestern China. [Photo: Photobase.cn]")
