On May 12, a major earthquake jolted southwestern China's Sichuan Province. Located 100 kilometers from the earthquake’s epicenter, Juyuan Middle School collapsed immediately in its wake. See the school’s survivors and the heroes who risked everything to save them.
The earthquake woke Zhang Xiang (left) from an afternoon nap. After hearing that his school collapsed in the disaster, she and her husband raced frantically to find her son, Peng Zhiyou (right). Today, they are happy—and lucky—to be together.
Escape From Burma The world's longest-running civil war has forced 400,000 refugees into neighboring Thailand. But Thailand has had enough. Now 80,000 Burmese -- including two girls who've endured the unimaginable -- are headed for the U.S.
Tornado Warning The weather alerts were loud and clear: "Get below ground now." Not everyone could.
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