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 Thursday, 23 January, 2003, 10:51 GMT
In pictures: Mexican earthquake
A powerful earthquake struck Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday night, killing at least 25 people and destroying at least 500 homes.

Residents try to shift rubble shortly after the quake hit
Most of the fatalities were caused by buildings collapsing in the state of Colima, the site of the earthquake's epicentre

Emergency teams with sniffer dogs
About 10,000 people have been left homeless

Family pictures remain hanging on the walls of one collapsed house (left); a Mexican flag remains outside another
For many, the quake was a terrible reminder of another that hit in 1985, which killed at least 9,500 people

Friends and relatives mourn Maria Rodriguez de Macias, 82
With nowhere to put their dead, families and friends set up makeshift altars in the street

A woman prepares baby milk on the street
Many families have moved out onto the streets or into shelters, too frightened by successive aftershocks to return home

A slightly injured woman waits for help
The president has promised to put the damage right, but for now, many are left waiting

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