China remembers quake victims

Exactly a week after the Sichuan earthquake left tens of thousands of people dead, China stops for a three minute silence.

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Across the country, rescue teams stopped work, troops bowed their heads, and China's president stood in silence in central Beijing.

Sirens wailed and flags flew at half mast as China began three days of official mourning.

Now shocking new images have emerged showing the moment the quake struck in Beichuan county, the panic and the anguish as hundreds of schoolchildren were trapped under tons of falling rubble.

This report by our chief correspondent Alex Thomson contains some highly distressing images:

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