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• April 13: Emma Di Segni reacts after talking on the phone with earthquake survivors Luisa e Giovanni Sarra, whose family sheltered her family during World War II, in the Casentino tent-camp, near L'Aquila, central Italy. Italian Jews and Holocaust survivors are rushing to aid communities that sheltered them during World War II and were hit by last week's devastating earthquake.
• April 13: firefighter on a crane checks destroyed buildings, in central L'Aquila, Italy a week after a deadly quake leveled thousands of buildings.
• April 12: The faithful attend Easter mass in a tent camp where Italian earthquake victims are sheltering.
• April 12: Firefighters carry a coffin, one of six funerals taking place Sunday of victims from last Monday's earthquake in L'Aquila, central Italy.
• April 12: Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi attends an Easter Mass in L'Aquila, central Italy.
• April 10: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone diffuses incense on coffins at the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable, the official death toll has reached 287, and most of the victims are here, in L'Aquila. Pope Benedict XVI urged survivors of Italy's devastating earthquake to keep up hope in a special message delivered Friday at a collective funeral for 205 of the nation's worst temblor in three decades.
• April 10: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone diffuses incense on coffins at the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable, the official death toll has reached 287, and most of the victims are here, in L'Aquila. Pope Benedict XVI urged survivors of Italy's devastating earthquake to keep up hope in a special message delivered Friday at a collective funeral for 205 of the nation's worst temblor in three decades.
• April 10: A woman reacts as she touches the white coffin of a child, during the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable, the official death toll has reached 287, and most of the victims are here, in L'Aquila.
• April 10: Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, reacts, during the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable. The official death toll has reached 287. Pope Benedict XVI urged survivors of Italy's devastating earthquake to keep up hope in a special message delivered Friday at a collective funeral for 205 of the nation's worst temblor in three decades.
• April 10: 5- Mourners react as they look at coffins, during the funerals for quake victims, in L'Aquila, central Italy. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable, the official death toll has reached 287, and most of the victims are here, in L'Aquila.
• April 10: The coffins of victims are carried to the cemetery after the funerals, in L'Aquila, central Italy. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable. The official death toll has reached 287.
• April 10: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, background, celebrates the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy, as bishops follows the ceremony. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable, the official death toll has reached 287, and most of the victims are here, in L'Aquila. Pope Benedict XVI urged survivors of Italy's devastating earthquake to keep up hope in a special message delivered Friday at a collective funeral for 205 of the nation's worst temblor in three decades.
• April 10: An unidentified imam, at right, arrives to address the relatives of an unknown number of Muslim victims, during the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable, the official death toll has reached 287, and most of the victims are here, in L'Aquila. The imam also offered encouragement to all the mourners, who quietly applauded when he finished speaking.
• April 7: A man sits on rubble in the village of Onna, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy.
• April 7: A dog searches through the rubble in the village of Onna, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy.
• April 7: An aerial view of a tent-camp set up by the civil protection service in the outskirts of L'Aquila, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy.
• April 7: Colored sheets are seen hanging on a clothesline in this aerial view of the village of Onna, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy.
• April 7: A woman sits with her belongings on a street in L'Aquila, central Italy. Entire blocks were flattened in the mountain city of L'Aquila and nearby villages by Monday's powerful quake that killed at least 179 people and injured 1,500.
• April 7: Firefighters and Red Cross personnel search through rubble in the village of San Gregorio, central Italy. Entire blocks were flattened in the mountain city of L'Aquila and nearby villages by Monday's quake that killed at least 179 people and injured 1,500.
• April 7: Firefighters carry out a body from the rubble of a collapsed building, in L'Aquila, central Italy.
• April 7: A woman reacts after firefighters pulled out a body from the rubble of a collapsed building, in L'Aquila, central Italy.
• April 7: A woman holds a child in a tent-camp set up by the civil protection agency in the village of Paganica, central Italy.
• April 6: A view of a damaged house in the village of Castelnuovo, central Italy, following a strong earthquake.
• April 6: Two police officers walks by debris in L'Aquila, central Italy, following a strong earthquake.
• April 6: A statue of St. Joseph and baby Jesus is seen inside a damaged church in the village of St. Elia central Italy following a strong earthquake.
• April 6: People walk past debris of a collapsed house in the village of St. Elia central Italy, following a strong earthquake.
• April 6: A portrait of late Pope John Paul II is seen inside a damaged church in the village of St. Elia, central Italy following a strong earthquake.
• April 6: Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and Civil Protection Chief Guido Bertolaso meet journalists in L'Aquila, central Italy.
• April 6: The shattered roofs of collapsed houses are seen against the backdrop of snow-covered mountains after an earthquake in the Italian village of Onna. A powerful earthquake struck a huge swath of central Italy as residents slept on Monday morning, killing more than 90 people and making up to 50,000 homeless.
• April 6: A car is covered with debris and rubble after an earthquake in the Italian village of Onna.
• April 6: A firefighter reacts as he stands next to the site where a four-storey building collapsed following a earthquake in L'Aquila, central Italy.
• April 6: Rescuers and volunteers remove debris following a strong earthquake, in the village of Onna, central Italy.
• April 6: 3 Rescuers carry a stretcher in the village of Onna, central Italy.
• April 6: Firefighters carry a woman out of a crumbled home in the city of L'Aquila, after a strong earthquake rocked central Italy.
• April 6: Two men hug each other as people and volunteers stand amidst debris in the city of L'Aquila, after a strong earthquake rocked central Italy.
• April 6: The remains of a house following a strong earthquake, in the village of Onna, central Italy.
• April 5: Firefighters remove debris in the city of L'Aquila, after a strong earthquake rocked central Italy.
• April 5: Firefighters carry a woman out of a crumbled home in the city of L'Aquila.
• April 5: Firefighters help a woman out of a crumbled home in the city of L'Aquila.
• April 5: A woman receives assistance in the city of L'Aquila.