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10 years on: quake-stricken areas in China's Sichuan take on new look

Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of the newly-built Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows the main building of the Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum in Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows newly-built buildings in Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows newly-built residential buildings in Xiaoyudong Town of Pengzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows newly-built residential buildings in Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of Mianzhu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows the newly-built Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows tourists visiting the newly-built Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of newly-built Yingxiu Town in Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of the newly-built Yingxiu Town in Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of the newly-built Yingxiu Town in Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a scenery of Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows the newly-built Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Combo photo shows an aerial view of the newly-built Shuimo Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 5, 2018 (upper) and villagers passing by ruins in the quake-stricken Shuimo Town on June 8, 2008. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Liu Kun and Yang Junjiang)


Combo photo shows an aerial view of the newly-built Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 5, 2018 (upper) and the quake-stricken Yingxiu Town on May 14, 2008. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Liu Kun and Chen Kai)


Aerial photo taken on May 5, 2018 shows the newly-built residential buildings in Shuimo Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Liu Kun)


Combo photo shows the Beichuan County seat under construction, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Feb. 1, 2010 (up) and the newly-built Beichuan County seat, May 10, 2018. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)


Aerial photo taken on May 1, 2018 shows the scenery of the newly-built Wenchuan County seat, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


Combo photo shows the scenery of Dujiangyan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 12, 2018 (up) and workers dismantling a quake-stricken building in the downtown Dujiangyan City on May 23, 2008. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Xing Guangli and Li Jian)


Aerial photo taken on May 5, 2018 shows the scenery of the newly-built Shuimo Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Liu Kun)


Combo photo shows an aerial view of the newly-built Hongbai Town of Shifang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 7, 2018 (up) and the quake-stricken area of Shifang City on May 16, 2008. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Xue Yubin and Yuan Jian)


Aerial photo taken on May 7, 2018 shows the scenery of the newly-built Lixian County seat, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Liu Kun)


Combo photo shows an aerial view of a freeway under construction in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 7, 2018 (up) and the severely quake-stricken roads in Wenchuan County on May 14, 2008. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Liu Kun and Yuan Man)


Aerial photo taken on May 8, 2018 shows workshops of a company in Deyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Xue Yubin)


A woman takes photos of the newly-built Qingchuan County seat, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 11, 2018. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Cai Yang)


Combo photo shows an aerial view of the newly-built Dujiangyan Sports Center in Dujiangyan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 11, 2018 (up) and the quake-stricken Dujiangyan Sports Center on May 15, 2008. A decade ago, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, severely ruining many counties such as Wenchuan and Beichuan. After ten years of reconstruction and development, those quake-stricken areas have now taken on a new look.(Xinhua/Xing Guangli and Li Gang)

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