The photo taken on Aug. 9, 2010, shows a scraped exam-sitting permit. With the progress of rescue work, everyday life articles gradually emerged from debris of  the massive rain-triggered mudslide in Zhouqu County in northwest China's Gansu Province, recalling people's memories of peaceful life before the disaster. [Xinhua]

The photo taken on Aug. 9, 2010, shows two colored lights soaked in the flood water. [Xinhua]