A Chinese man carries a sack of coal collected from the streets around the mine near Fuxin City.
A Chinese man carries a sack with coal which he collected from the streets around the mine that was damaged by a gas explosion in Fuxin city in China's northeastern province, February 18, 2005. China held funerals under tight police guard for some of the more than 200 coal miners killed in the worst blast to hit the disaster-plagued industry in more than half a century. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause RKR/LD