In photos: Earthquake devastates Nepal
Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu Valley, killing more than 2,200 people, and triggered a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. A big aftershock between Kathmandu and Everest unleashed more avalanches in the Himalayas. In the capital, hospital workers stretchered patients out onto the street to treat them as it was too dangerous to keep them indoors.
A Nepalese man cries as he walks through the earthquake debris in Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu.Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press
People clear rubble in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by the earthquake.Prakash Mathema/AFP / Getty Images
A survivor is pulled out from the rubble in Kathmandu.Thomas Nybo
Nepalese rescue personnel help a trapped earthquake survivor (C/R) as his friend lies dead next to him in Swyambhu.Prakash Mathema/AFP / Getty Images
Nepalese residents walk past road damage following the earthquake in Kathmandu.Prakash Mathema/AFP / Getty Images
Rescue workers remove debris as they search for victims of earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu.Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press
A man climbs on top of debris after buildings collapsed on in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu.Omar Havana/Getty Images
Prayer flags frame a rescue helicopter as it ferries the injured from Everest Base Camp a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the camp.Roberto Schmidt/AFP / Getty Images
An injured person is carried by rescue members to be airlifted by rescue helicopter at Everest Base Camp.Roberto Schmidt/AFP / Getty Images
Nepalese policemen inspect the debris of one of Kathmandu 's landmark Bhimsen tower after it was damaged in Saturday’s earthquake, in Kathmandu.Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press
Nepalese people gather to cremate their family members who died in the earthquake in Bhaktapur near KathmanduNiranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press