Aid worker Mehdi Eshraqi went to Bam in the immediate aftermath of last week's earthquake that destroyed the ancient Iranian city. Here he recounts the terrible impressions it made on him.
People are moving in the streets with fear.
The smell of dead bodies fills the air and makes it difficult to breathe. We can see dead bodies on every street and alley.
When the "loader" digs the earth, the bodies of the man's sons are found.
He throws himself on the bodies and cries loudly. He has lost the result of all his life-time efforts in a few seconds.