Four days after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, rescue crews from seven nations are on the ground, still hopeful they may find survivors. Volunteers and government personnel have begun the difficult task of cleaning and rebuilding, and crews are working to restore desperately needed power and water systems. The death toll has climbed to 113, and more than 225 people are still listed as missing. Gathered here are images of the destruction and of New Zealanders coping with the aftermath of this earthquake - the nation's worst natural disaster in nearly a century.
New Zealand Earthquake: Search, Rescue, and Repair
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Read moreA rescue worker from Queensland in Australia walks past the rubble of the CTV building in Christchurch February 24, 2011 #
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Read moreA sign referring to a previous earthquake stands in front of the destroyed Oxford Terrace Baptist church in Christchurch February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreJapanese rescue workers walk past the rubble of the CTV building in Christchurch February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreMembers of Canterbury University volunteer army clean up liquefaction mud on February 24, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreThe 26-story Grand Chancellor Hotel which, according to local authorities, is expected to collapse, sags on one side in Christchurch February 24, 2011. Engineers plan to temporarily prop up the structure while determining if it is salvageable. #
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Read moreRescue workers are seen at the collapsed CTV building that housed the King's Education School, where missing Japanese people were believed to be trapped, following Tuesday's earthquake in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch February 23, 2011. #
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Read moreEmergency services remove a body from the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, February 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday. #
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Read moreA rail line buckled by the shifting earth is pictured in Christchurch on February 23, 2011, a day after a deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked the city. #
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Read moreA rock lies on top of of a boat outside a house in the Redcliffs suburb of Christchurch on February 23, 2011, a day after a deadly earthquake rocked the city. #
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Read moreA massive hole was punched through this house by a giant boulder which crashed through the home during Tuesday's earthquake, near Lyttelton, on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, February 24, 2011. #
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Read morePaul Stokes proudly shows his shirt with the magnitude of Christchurch's September 2010 earthquake written on it as he works to clear his latest earthquake damaged suburb in Christchurch, New Zealand Friday, February 25, 2011. #
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Read moreA resident walks through the center of Lyttelton as she looks at the damage from Tuesday's earthquake, near Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreRecovery operation workers are lowered by a crane onto the top of the Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand , Friday, February 25, 2011 in Christchurch. #
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Read moreThe inside of David's Bookstore on Cashel Street on February 25, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreA sign outside a house in New Brighton offering free food to the local community on February 25, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreLocal residents enjoy a free dinner cooked by a household in their backyard in the suburb of New Brighton on February 25, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read morePassers-by pause to look at holes in the ground caused by Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreTristan Webb stands in a large hole along River Road, Avonside on February 25, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreRescue workers search for signs of life in the rubble of CTV building in Christchurch February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreA rescue worker guides survivor Ann Bodkin, center, out of the destroyed Pyne Gould Guinness building in Christchurch, New Zealand , Wednesday, February 23, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 earthquake on Tuesday, Feb 22. #
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Read moreA car remains stuck in sand that covered a road following Tuesday's earthquake in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch February 23, 2011. #
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Read moreHeavy machinery demolishes an earthquake-damaged church in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreA sign painted on the road by emergency workers indicates danger ahead in a beach-side suburb of Christchurch February 25, 2011. #
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Read moreJacob Baymon gives free apples out to residents on Ferry Road on February 25, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreShelves and stock, damaged by Tuesday's earthquake, lie jumbled on the floor in a distribution center in Christchurch February 25, 2011. #
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Read moreBottles of nail polish lie on the floor of a shop following Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch on February 23, 2011. #
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Read moreA car, damaged by Tuesday's earthquake, remains under a collapsed rock wall in Christchurch February 25, 2011. #
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Read moreA police dog searches in the rubble with his handler in Christchurch on Thursday, February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreHouses are damaged from falling rock in the Christchurch, New Zealand, suburb of Redcliffs, Thursday, February 24, 2011. #
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Read moreA handmade sign found in an earthquake damaged suburb asks for motorists to drive slowly in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, February 25, 2011. #
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Read moreNewlyweds Emma Howard and Chris Greenslade cheer for a group photo after their wedding, Friday, February 25, 2011, just days after she was pulled from the rubble of the earthquake devastated Pyne Gould Corporation in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read morePart of an interior hallway, including a restroom door is visible in a still-standing section of structure of the CTV building on February 25, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreResident of the beach-side suburb of New Brighton, Julian Sanderson, searches for personal items through the remains of his house, destroyed by Tuesday's earthquake, in Christchurch on February 25, 2011. #
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Read moreA photograph lies in the remains of a house, which was destroyed by Tuesday's earthquake, in Christchurch on February 25, 2011. #
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Read moreMurray and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, February 23, 2011. #
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Read moreA view of the Port Town of Lyttelton on February 24, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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