UNSPEAKABLE GRIEF A woman mourns next to the coffin of an earthquake victim, in a gymnasium arranged in a chapel of rest on Saturday, in Ascoli Piceno, three days after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 281 people. AFP PHOTO
ASCOLI PICENO, Italy: Flags flew at half mast across Italy on Saturday as the country observed a day of mourning for the victims of an earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.