A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal and India, killing nearly 450 people. The most severe damage has been seen in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, where buildings collapsed, causing numerous injuries.
There have been at least 15 aftershocks of 4.5 magnitude and higher in Nepal thereafter.
Here are pictures of the aftermath
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People survey a site damaged by an earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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A collapsed building is pictured after an earthquake hit, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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People work to rescue trapped people inside a temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after an earthquake hit, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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People work to rescue trapped people inside a temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after an earthquake hit, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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People survey a site damaged by an earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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People survey a site damaged by an earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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An injured boy is taken to a ward inside a hospital after an earthquake in Siliguri.Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
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A rescuer looks at a damaged house, after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, in Xigaze Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
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An Indian security personnel stands near a collapsed house after an earthquake in Siliguri. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
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Rescuers help injured residents to get to safe area, after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, in Xigaze Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Photographers: Reuters/Stringer