5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - A visitor views "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners offer flowers at a monument at the time an earthquake took place five years ago, at a common grave in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners Chen Yuhong, his wife Li Li and their son Hengrui visit "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

4 years after Sichuan quake

4 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - People offer flowers at a cenotaph for the victims of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in Qushan town, Beichuan county, in Mianyang Municipality in China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2012, at the same time the disaster occurred four years ago.

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - A tour guide speaks in front of a building damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster.

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - Construction workers build an observation deck to view a building (back) damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County, on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster.

Photos from quake-hit China's Sichuan Province

Photos from quake-hit China's Sichuan Province

BEICHUAN, China - The central area of Qushan in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, is seen severely damaged May 18 by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

Photos from quake-hit China's Sichuan Province

Photos from quake-hit China's Sichuan Province

BEICHUAN, China - Residents leave their earthquake-devastated hometown of Qushan in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, May 18. (Kyodo)

4 years after Sichuan quake

4 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - People offer flowers at a cenotaph for the victims of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in Qushan town, Beichuan county, in Mianyang Municipality in China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2012, at the same time the disaster occurred four years ago. (Kyodo)

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - Construction workers build an observation deck to view a building (back) damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County, on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster. (Kyodo)

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - A tour guide speaks in front of a building damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster. (Kyodo)