1.震前的结古城

青海省位于中国西北部，拥有五百万人口，是通往西藏的必经之道。其主要人口为汉族，同时包括40个不同的民族，有藏族、回族和蒙古族。

玉树县的结古是一个拥有35万人口的藏族地区，大约有三分之一的人口居住于此，大多数较为贫困，以农业和放牧为生。当地拥有丰富的天然气、铜、锡以及煤炭资源。根据中国地震官方数据，自2001年以来，当地发生5.0级地震大约有50次之多。

Before the earthquake: Jiegu town, an ancient trading mart between Kham and Amdo on the road to Lhasa. New and old buildings, traditional Tibetan and modern Chinese, crowd the well-watered valleys.
震前：结古城是通往拉萨之路上，一个介于康巴和安多之间的古老市镇。这里有新、旧相间的房屋、传统的藏族风格与现代混杂，是一个富饶、繁盛的村落。

2.震后的结古城

After the earthquake: The scene in Jiegu after the earthquake is of utter devastation.
震后：结古城几近荒芜。

3.震前：山上的庙宇

Before the earthquake: Overlooking Jiegu through the Chortens of the Ga Kye Gu Monastery -- a popular place of worship for Jiegu's Tibetan community.
震前：从喇嘛庙里的圣骨冢俯瞰结古城——这曾是羯鼓很受藏民崇敬的寺庙。

4.震后：倒塌的佛像

After the earthquake: Tibetan monks are helping with the relief efforts.
震后：喇嘛们在帮助救援。

5.震前：市区广场上的塑像

Before the earthquake: The winged horse symbolizes things beautiful and wild celebrated in the horse festivals of the Khampa for which this town is famous. This statue still stands but the buildings around this major intersection are mostly gone.
震前：广场立柱上的马雕塑象征着狂野和美丽的事物，是为庆祝镇上著名的马节而立。现在这座雕塑依然矗立，但它周围的建筑都几乎倒塌了。

6.震后：市区的广场

After the earthquake: The building still standing in the upper left hand corner of this photo can be seen in in the previous photo of the township.
震后：照片中左上角的建筑在上一张图片中还能依稀找到。

7.震前：结古有全世界最大的玛尼堆

Before the earthquake: Pilgrims would spin prayer wheels, click rossaries, recite mantras, and add stones carved with prayers as they circumnavigate the Jiana Mani temple -- also known as  the world's largest Mani stone pile.
震前：朝圣的信徒们转动经纶、拂过圣坛、背诵咒文、在玛尼堆前加一块石头祈福——这里有全世界最大的玛尼堆。

8.震后：玛尼堆仍在、人已矣

After the earthquake: The Mani stones still remain, but the atmosphere is decidedly different.
震后：玛尼堆还在，但祈福的氛围已经完全不同。

9.震前：藏区学校的孩子们

Before the earthquake: Kids take a break from Kora (holy circumnavigations) for a fairy floss break amidst painted mani stones.
震前：孩子们在仪式的中间溜出来买一支棉花糖。

10.震后：孩子们现在的食物很紧缺

After the earthquake: Hunger is now a problem for the children and general population of Jiegu, China.
震后：灾区的食物紧缺。