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Photographs for Press Conference, Keeping Schools Safe in Earthquakes

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Photo 1. Collapse of first floor of a schools due to column failure in the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake, Algeria.
Photo 2. Ruins of the San Giuliano Primary School in the 2002 Molise earthquake, Italy. 
Photo 3. Collapse of free-standing masonry walls onto beds in dormitory buildings in the 2003 Bingöl earthquake, Turkey.
Photo 4. Collapse of first storey of Raimundo Martinéz High School in the 1997 Cariaco earthquake, Venezuela.
Photo 5. Partial collapse of secondary schools in the 1963 Skopje earthquake, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Photo 6. Collapse of external rubble masonry walls in kindergarten in Salão after the 1998 Faial earthquake, Portugal.
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