New Zealand earthquake - in pictures
Powerful earthquake hits Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island - the second in five months
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Debris litters central Christchurch after it was struck by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake
Photograph: Mark Mitchell/AP
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People break windows to prepare to be rescued from a high-rise building
Photograph: AP
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People walk through debris in the aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch
Photograph: Logan Mcmillan/AFP/Getty Images
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A man is seen after being pulled from the rubble. Search and rescue teams are working through the night to find survivors
Photograph: Iain McGregor/Reuters
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Two women console each other in front of a collapsed building
Photograph: /Reuters
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Rescue workers work to extinguish a fire at a collapsed building in central Christchurch
Photograph: Mark Mitchell/AP
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A man holds a child in his arms after the earthquake struck Christchurch
Photograph: Iain Mcgregor/Reuters
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A man runs for cover. The mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker, has declared a state of emergency and ordered people to evacuate the city centre
Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images
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Cars teeter on the top floor of a damaged car park. Many cars were buried under the rubble after the quake struck
Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images
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An injured woman is carried from the rubble of a collapsed multi-level office block on Madras Street in Christchurch
Photograph: David Wethey/EPA
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Cars are crushed by fallen concrete after the earthquake in Christchurch
Photograph: Simon Baker/Reuters
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Rescue workers climb on to the collapsed Pyne Gould Guinness building
Photograph: Mark Mitchell/AP
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Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed building in Madras Street after the earthquake in Christchurch
Photograph: Christchurch Press/Reuters
