Two medical workers give psychological tutorship to villagers in mudslides-hit Qingping Township of Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 22, 2010. Despite the disrupted traffic and possibility of a second mudslide, local villagers of Qingping remained hopeful and strived hard to resume normal life. [Xinhua]

 Meng Huilan retrieves clothes from her damaged house at Yanjing Village of Qingping Township in Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 21, 2010. Despite the disrupted traffic and possibility of a second mudslide, local villagers of Qingping remained hopeful and strived hard to resume normal life. [Xinhua]