A rescuer works among the rubble a collapsed building after an earthquake hit the town of Nanba in Pingwu county, Sichuan province May 19, 2008. China began three days of national mourning on Monday for the victims of an earthquake that struck a week ago. The death toll rose to 34,073 by Monday from the original quake of 8.0 magnitude that rattled Sichuan province. [Agencies]