Many of the people in the earthquake affected region of China have lost so much. Trying to recover from the initial quake is certainly terrible, but then constantly having to be on edge because of the aftershocks must compound their sadness and stress in an almost unimaginable way.

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LIXIAN COUNTY, CHINA - MAY 17: (CHINA OUT) People run away to escape from a massif-slide during an aftershock May 17, 2008 in Lixian County of Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, China. A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province May 12. The death toll has already risen to over 28,880 and is expected to rise with tens of thousands still missing.