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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. (Victor R. Caivano / AP)
Residents embrace in front of a house destroyed by the 8.0 magnitude earthquake that shook southern Peru. (Ricardo Mazalan / AP)
A woman passes rubble and a crushed car in Pisco. (Sergio Urday / EPA)
Residents pass a damaged building in Pisco. Officials said rescuers were still digging through rubble in cities and hamlets. (Ricardo Mazalan / AP)
A nun in Pisco leaves a church whose ceiling collapsed on worshipers. (Victor R. Caivano / AP)
A family cries by the coffins of relatives at a cemetery in Pisco. (Victor R. Caivano / AP)
A street scene in Ica. (Paolo Aguilar / EPA)
A man leans over his child while awaiting care at a public hospital in Ica after the devastating earthquake. (Martin Mejia / AP)
Damage is evident on the Pan American Highway in Ica, about 185 miles south of Lima. (Paolo Aguilar / EPA)
Residents in Ica inspect the remains of their home. (Martin Mejia / AP)
Residents of Lima fled into the streets after the powerful quake Wednesday. (Hector Vinces / EPA)
A man and a woman outside their collapsed home in the town of Canete, about 70 miles south of Lima. (Sergio Urday / EPA)
Rubble crushed the bed of this pickup truck in Ica. (Paolo Aguilar / EPA)
A hospital in Ica was filled with people injured in Wednesday’s quake. (Martin Mejia / AP)
The roof caved in at this woman’s home in Ica. (Paolo Aguilar / EPA)
A family camps out after the quake Wednesday. (Karel Navarro / AP)
