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Sangita, a shop-owner, sits on top of a damaged temple as she watches rescue workers operating, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 29, 2015. (EPA/Abir Abdullah)
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Climbers search through crushed tents for fellow trekkers caught in an avalanche at a base camp on the Nepal side of Mount Everest on April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Mariusz Malkowski)
Avalanche-hit Nepal trekkers fight to get on rescue flights
Kathmandu, Reuters—Trekkers stranded by an avalanche in Nepal, many of them from Israel, fought for food and for places on rescue helicopters after being denied shelter by locals in the aftermath of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. Up to 250 people...Caption:
Nepalese soldiers carry a wounded woman to a waiting Indian Air Force helicopter as they evacuate victims of Saturday’s earthquake from Trishuli Bazar to Kathmandu airport in Nepal, on April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Desperate Nepalis flee capital as aftershocks spread fear
Bhaktapur, Reuters—Thousands of Nepalis began fleeing the capital Kathmandu on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks and looming shortages of food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 3,700 people. A senior interior ministry...Caption:
Nepalese residents drive past road damage following an earthquake in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015. (AFP)
Magnitude 6.7 aftershock hits Nepal, causes panic
Kathmandu, AP— A powerful aftershock shook Nepal on Sunday, making buildings sway and sending panicked Kathmandu residents running into the streets a day after a massive earthquake left at least 1,900 people dead. The cawing of crows mixed with terrified screams as...Caption:
Volunteers help remove debris of a building that collapsed at Durbar Square, after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)