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Sichuan earthquake, 10 years on

Life amid the rubble of a Sichuan village 10 years after earthquake

The Radish Village in China's Sichuan province has decided to preserve the ruins as a memorial to the victims of the 2008 earthquake, which left more than 87,000 people dead or missing. But among the debris in the village, life goes on.

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