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Friday, 17 August 2007, 21:30 GMT 22:30 UK

In pictures: Peru aftermath

Residents walk pass a building that failed during the earthquake that shook Pisco, Peru.

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Residents in Peru walk pass a collapsed building at Pisco, 125 miles (200km) south of the capital Lima, after a second powerful earthquake hit the country.

Corpses of earthquake victims lie in a town square awaiting identification by relatives .

Corpses of earthquake victims lie in a town square awaiting identification by relatives .

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At least 500 people died when Wednesday's quake wrecked parts of Peru's central coast. These corpses in a town square await identification.

Earthquake refugees queue at a water distribution centre in Peru.

Earthquake refugees queue at a water distribution centre in Peru.

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The disaster sparked a humanitarian crisis. These refugees are queuing at a water distribution centre in Ica, some 170 miles (275km) south-east of Lima.

A truck drives along a highway ripped open by the Peru earthquake.

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A truck drives along a highway ripped apart in Canete, around 124 miles (200km) south of Lima.

Earthquake refugee with a religious picture in Peru

Earthquake refugee with a religious picture in Peru

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Refugees took what they could carry from the rubble of their homes, as did this man in Chincha, 155 miles (250km) south of Lima.

A mother and child are left shaken by another quake at a refugee camp in Peru

A mother and child are left shaken by another quake at a refugee camp in Peru

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As rescuers continued to search rubble in a desperate hunt for survivors, a mother and child were left shaken by an aftershock at a refugee camp on a Chincha street.

In the rubble of a home, a woman stands by the coffin of her uncle in Peru.

In the rubble of a home, a woman stands by the coffin of her uncle in Peru.

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In the rubble of a Pisco home, a woman stands by the coffin of her uncle, who died in the quake on Wednesday.

Police officers load empty children's coffins at the Peruvian air base.

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Police officers load empty children's coffins at the Peruvian Air Force base in Pisco.

Cemetery damaged by earthquakes in Peru.

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The quake even disturbed the dead - tossing old coffins to the surface at this Pisco cemetery.

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