Three days of mourning in China for those killed in the massive earthquake will begin on Monday, exactly a week after it struck.
The mourning will begin with a three-minute silence and the Olympic torch relay will stop for three days.
It's known that more than 32,470 people died in the powerful quake but it's thought that this could rise to 50,000.
About 220,000 people have been injured and about 5m people are homeless after the quake near the city of Chengdu.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has thanked international workers for their help.
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Rescue teams from South Korea, Singapore and Russia have joined Japanese and Taiwanese experts taking part in the rescue operation.
The specialist teams are equipped with sniffer dogs, and special cameras and heat sensors to find people buried under the rubble.
There are still stories of survivors being pulled from the rubble.
But as time goes on, the number of people being pulled out alive are becoming fewer.
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