L'angoscia dei parenti

Relatives of mine workers react to the speed of recovering the trapped workers at Wangjialing coal mine in Xiangning township, about 400 miles (650 kilometers) southwest of Beijing, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Some 1,000 rescue workers were rotating on shifts to try to drain enough water to reach the trapped miners, but the rescue effort could take days. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)