September 5, 2010 News Photos

People stand outside a building damaged by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude  earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.

June 22, 1940: Actress Shirley Temple appears at a two-hour radio benefit for the American Red Cross Mercy Fund

People mourn inside School No.1 during a ceremony commemorating the victims of the 2004 hostage crisis in Beslan, Russia. One thousand children and parents were taken hostage by Chechen separatists on the first day of the new school year on Sept. 1, 2004. After three days of siege, Russian forces stormed the school and some of the rebels blew themselves up. A total of 333 hostages -- more than half of them children -- were killed in the chaos and hundreds were wounded.