Houses are damaged in Jiegu township of Yushu prefecture, Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua] 

Staff members of the airport upload relief materials on to a plane in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. The first batch of rescuers left Xining for Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in Qinghai on Wednesday afternoon. At least 300 people have died and 8,000 others were injured in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake, which hit Yushu County in Yushu prefecture at 7:49 AM, according to the local government. [Xinhua]