Slow Road to Recovery in Sichuan

Zhu Jianqiang - or Indomitable Pig - has become a mascot of post-quake perseverance for surviving 36 days in a collapsed farmhouse - subsisting on charcoal and rainwater. After the emaciated swine moved to Dayi township's Jianchuan Museum in 2009, he ate so zealously that he gained too much weight to walk and had to be put on a diet and exercise regimen. [China Daily]

Survivors disabled by spinal cord injuries during the quake play games to overcome isolation through a 26-member peer support group in rural Mianzhu city in this 2011 photo. NGO Handicap International started the group to help members adjust to their new life in wheel chairs. [China Daily]