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Nepal Earthquake

21 images Created 9 Feb 2018

A major, 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal at mid-day on Saturday, 29th April, 2015. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital city of Kathmandu and across the country were destroyed, leaving nearly 9,000 dead and 22,000 injured. Emergency services and NGO Rescue Teams attempted to clear debris and rescue survivors. Regular aftershocks hampered initial recovery efforts and much of the recovery effort was done by hand. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, which swamped Base Camps, killing 21. A huge landslide in the Langtang Valley completely destroyed homes and trekking lodges, leaving 250 people missing, presumed dead. Casualty numbers were minimised as the earthquake struck at midday on Saturday when schools were closed and many people were outside. Many thousands of homes were destroyed, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless and internally displaced. Temporary camps provided shelter for many of the homeless but slow delivery of relief funds, hampered by political disruption, has slowed the rebuilding efforts, leaving many in vulnerable circumstances.
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  • Neighbours search for survivors and salvage belongings from homes destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • A woman walks through the rubble of homes destroyed during the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • A woman wearing a scarf for protection from the dust salvages belongings from a family home that was destroyed during the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Binot Kumar Lama sustained injuries to his head and arm during the 2015 Nepal earthquake. His family home was destroyed, leaving him and his wife seeking shelter in a temporary camp with little protection and limited access to medical treatment.
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  • Subas Chandra, 82, is forced to seek shelter in a temporary camp after her home was destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • An elderly woman uses a garden hoe to search through the rubble of a house destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Children from a family left homeless by the 2015 Nepal earthquake inside a tent at a refugee camp for internally displaced people.
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  • Soldiers from the Nepal Army search through the rubble of an ancient Hindu temple in Patan's Durbar Square.
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  • Homes in the ancient city of Bhaktapur were baldy damaged by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Neighbours from homes that were destroyed during the 2015 Nepal earthquake search for survivors and salvage belongings from the rubble.
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  • Women left homeless when their homes were destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake shelter in a temporary camp.
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  • Inside a school, set up as a temporary refugee camp for internally displaced people, 72 year old Ram Shilpakar recovers from a broken ribs and head trauma sustained during the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Beneath hastily assembled tarpaulins, a woman takes shelter after her family home was destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • A boy searches through the rubble of buildings destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • A boy salvaging belongings from a family home that was destroyed during the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Siblings Saraswati (11) and twins Yamuna and Jamuna (8) stand on the rubble outside the remains of their family home. The children were outside their home in Bhaktapur when the earthquake struck on 29th April, 2015. Whilst they all survived, their family home was destroyed, leaving them to take shelter beneath tarpaulins erected outside.
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  • Eight year old Yamuna helps to clear rubble from the remains of her family home, destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Volunteers with the World Mission Society help to clear rubble from buildings destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Rajiv Awal and his family salvaged what they could from their family home after it was destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake. They relocated to the home of a family member, outside the capital city of Kathmandu.
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  • A boy joins relief and recovery efforts, carrying bricks from a temple destroyed by the  2015 Nepal earthquake.
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  • Volunteers and NGO workers help to clear the rubble from buildings destroyed by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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