Yang Yang, a 23-year-old young man who saved seven lives from the quake debris, returned to the makeshift dining room to cook for his colleagues in Gyegu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 17, 2010. On feeling the earthquake on April 14, Yang yang rushed out of his working place and found neighbouring residential buildings crumbled to ruins. With bare hands, Yang digged out seven buried people in all. [Xinhua]

A Tibten resident praises Yang Yang (R), a 23-year-old young man who saved seven lives from the quake debris, in front of the house that witnessed his heroism in Gyegu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 17, 2010. On feeling the earthquake on April 14, Yang yang rushed out of his working place and found neighbouring residential buildings crumbled to ruins. With bare hands, Yang digged out seven buried people in all. [Xinhua]