Earthquake in Abruzzo by Davide Monteleone on L' Espresso

On April the 6th, 3.32 a.m., a powerful earthquake struck a huge swathe of central Italy killing at least 16 people when houses, churches and other buildings collapsed. The dead were mainly in L'Aquila, a 13th century mountain city about 100 km (60 miles) east of Rome that has a population of 80,000, and surrounding villages. Rubble was strewn throughout the city and nearby towns, blocking roads and hampering rescue teams and residents who tried to lift debris with their bare hands in a search for survivors from the quake, which had a magnitude of at least 5.8. The images of the reportage have been shot by Davide Monteleone for L'Espresso.