A woman cries as the body of her husband is found under the rubble of a collapsed apartment house in Beichuan county, Mianyang city, Sichuan province, China, yesterday afternoon, three days after a devastating earthquake hit the area. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal yesterday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Takanori Sekine) Takanori Sekine / Associated Press