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In pictures: Wedding photos show quake

Bride at her wedding in Pengzhou

A series of wedding photographs taken moments after an earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on 12 May have been released.

Wedding couples in Pengzhou

Five newly wed couples were posing for the camera in a deserted Catholic seminary in Pengzhou when the quake struck.

Dust covering newly wed couples in Pengzhou

Pengzhou is about 15 miles (25km) from the provincial capital Chengdu.

Destroyed seminary in Pengzhou

The century-old seminary in Pengzhou was destroyed in the quake.

Bride and groom at their wedding in Pengzhou

All of the couples escaped without injury.



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