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( Victor R. Caivano / AP )

Victims of the 8.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Peru on Wednesday are buried in Pisco, 155 miles south of Lima, the capital. Pisco and surrounding areas accounted for about 70% of the government's tally of the dead.

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