Mourning for quake victims

CHINA observed a day of national mourning for victims of its killer quake, with newspaper front pages bathed in black and flags lowered to half-mast around the country.

Top leaders and thousands of other people paid a silent tribute to the victims of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck a remote area of north-western China a week ago.

At least 2,064 people are dead.

Another 175 people were still missing and more than 12,000 injured after the quake flattened thousands of homes.