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When you're planning a wedding, many of your vendors might give you worst-case scenarios. If you're having an outdoor ceremony, you'll need to have an indoor area chosen in case it rains. If your father is sick, you need to have a plan in case he's unable to walk you down the aisle.

But it could still be much, much worse. Imagine getting married on May 12 of this year in Sichuan Province, China. Perhaps you've just said your vows, or maybe you haven't even gotten down the aisle yet, and a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shakes the ground for three full minutes, causing destruction everywhere you look.

That's what happened to a number of brides and grooms that day, as you can see here. Wedding photographers went straight from shooting a wedding to trying to capture the destruction as it occurred all around them. And while they got some amazing shots, our hearts go out to the couples and families who had May 12 set in their hearts as a joyous occasion, and our thoughts are with all those affected by the earthquake.