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An Iranian man carries a girl, who was injured when a massive earthquake hit the ancient city of Bam, Iran as her mother accompanies them with her injured eye, at the Afzalipour hospital in the city of Kerman, Iran, Friday Dec. 26, 2003. A preliminary estimate said that the death toll could reach 10, 000. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)    
An Iranian woman sits with her wounded son inside a tent on the outskirts of the historic city of Bam(AFP/Marwan Naamani)    
Five year old Iranian quake victim Mohammed Bameri plays with his medicines inside a tent at a medical camp near Bam airport near the city of Bam, which was leveled by Friday's devastating earthquake, December 29, 2003. Iran's supreme leader vowed to return the ruined city of Bam to its former glory, as rescuers held out little hope of finding more survivors in the rubble of the quake that killed up to 30,000 people. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas    
An Iranian Red Crescent member carries an unidentifed wounded child at the airport in Bam city, Iran, about 1,000 kms southeast of Tehran, on Monday Dec. 29, 2003. The child was later reported still alive in the wake of the earthquake that killed more than 25,000 people. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)    
India says it will fly emergency supplies to Iran, including a mobile hospital to help thousands injured by an earthquake(AFP/Marwan Naamani)    
An Iranian man cries after visiting the site of his sister's house, destroyed by the earthquake in Bam, some 1,000 kilometers ( 600 miles) southeast of Tehran, December 30, 2003. The death toll for Friday's earthquake in southeastern Iran may rise as high as 50,000, government officials said Tuesday. REUTERS/Caren Firouz    
Italian physician Franco Alberti of the International Red Cross checks on a girl in the Italian field hospital of Baravat, on the outskirts of the ancient city of Bam, about 1,000 kilometers (630 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. Aid workers sifting through the ruins of Iran's devastating earthquake said Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003 their operation had shifted from searching for survivors to treating the injured and homeless, and burying the corpses still being pulled from the rubble. (AP Photo/Luciano del Castillo)    
Iranian aid workers dig through rubble in search of victims of the earthquake in Bam, some 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of Tehran, December 30, 2003. The death toll from Friday's earthquake in Iran may reach 50,000, government officials said Tuesday as relief workers called for more blankets, clothing and medicines for tens of thousands of survivors. REUTERS/Caren Firouz    
An Iranian woman (C) mourns the death of her child along with her relatives, following a mass burial at a cemetery in the ancient Silk Road city of Bam in southeast Iran, December 30, 2003. The death toll from Friday's earthquake in Iran may reach 50,000, government officials said Tuesday as relief workers called for more blankets, clothing and medicine for tens of thousands of survivors.REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay    
A traditionally dressed Iranian woman covers her nose from the smell during a mass burial in the ancient Silk Road city of Bam, in southeast Iran, December 30, 2003. The death toll from Friday's earthquake in Iran may reach 50,000, government officials said Tuesday as relief workers called for more blankets, clothing and medicine for tens of thousands of survivors. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay