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The earthquake, measuring 7.8 Richter, that hit Nepal on Saturday, April 25th, left behind death and destruction. The capital Katmandu was heavily damaged, leaving temples, stores and buildings reduced to rubble.

Earthquake survivors pass by collapsed buildings in Kathmandu.

Three earthquake survivors (a women, man and child) sit amidst the rubble.

Neighborhood residents sleep, wash, and cook behind the buddhist Stupa.
Every square, yard and open space in Kathmandu is now a camp for survivors who lost their homes in the earthquake.

A man walks through Gangalal Marg, a busy path that connects the tourist area of Thamel with Basantapur and Durbar Square.

Rubble and garbage from the earthquake litter the streets of Kathmandu.

Rubble from Durbar Square's temples.
Policemen remove dangerous pieces of the Maju Dega Temple's ruins.

Locals help salvage goods from a building deemed unsafe after an electrical fire. Power infrastructure was significantly damaged by the earthquake and locals now struggle to find electricity.

The rubble of Durbar Square's temples.

Locals walk through Kathmandu's ruins.

Locals collect souvenir bricks from Darahara tower's pieces.

Locals walk through Kathmandu's ruins.

The remains of the UNESCO-listed Dharahara Tower in Kathmandu.
It is unclear how many people were killed in the tower, one of the city's premier attractions for both locals and tourists.

The remains of the UNESCO-listed Dharahara Tower in Kathmandu.
It is unclear how many people were killed in the tower, one of the city's premier attractions for both locals and tourists.

Every square, yard and open space in Kathmandu is now a camp for survivors who lost their homes in the earthquake.

Rubble and debris on street corner is Kathmandu.

Trucks collect debris and rubble from Durbar Square's temples. Many of the most important buildings and temples in Kathmandu were destroyed by the earthquake.

The entrance of Kakeshwar temple in Durbar Square ruined by the earthquake.

An old woman watches the Taleju Temple in Durbar Square, one of the few temples that did not collapsed during the earthquake.

A relief tent in Indra Chowk.
Every square, yard and open space in Kathmandu is now a camp for survivors who lost their homes in the earthquake.

A man in a street in Kathmandu.

Every square, yard and open space in Kathmandu is now a camp for survivors who lost their homes in the earthquake.

A woman stands behind a ruined building in Thamel, where shops, hotels and temples collapsed during the earthquake.

The remains of a shop in the tourist district of Thamel.
This picture shows the ground floor of a 6 floor building that is leaning on the neighboring building and could collapse at anytime.
The entire area is not safe, with many damaged and unstable buildings.

The building housing the tourist shop in Thamel leans on the neighboring building and could collapse at anytime.
The entire area is not safe, with many damaged and unstable buildings.

The remains of a collapsed house in Kathmandu's Chhetrapati Chowk.
This building was severely damaged after the 1934 earthquake.
Luckily, the family that was living there during the 2015 earthquake evacuated as soon as the first tremor came and nobody was injured.