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In pictures: Nepal earthquake aftermath

     
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Indian residents rest and sleep in a football field in Siliguri on April 26, 2015 after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region on April 25 in Nepal.
Tens of thousands of people in Nepal have been forced to sleep outside for fear of further aftershocks following Saturday's earthquake which killed more than 3,000 people.
Nepalese people gather near temporary shelters set up in open areas of an Army ground in Kathmandu (27 April 2015)
Tent cities have been set up in the capital, Kathmandu.
A Nepalese volunteer and member of the security forces carry tents to be distributed in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmanduon April 26, 2015
Tents are arriving for those who are still without.
Damaged roads are seen after an earthquake on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 26, 2015.
The 7.8 magnitude quake opened up huge cracks in the ground.
Nepalese residents mourn the death of a relative following an earthquake, at a mass cremation at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015
Mass cremations have been held for the dead. Here Kathmandu relatives mourn one of their relatives.
Residents rescue items from debris of a house that was damaged in Saturday’s earthquake in Kathmandu (27 April 2015)
People in Kathmandu have been trying to rescue what they can from badly damaged buildings in the city.
A Nepalese man carries his belongings after spending the night outdoors in Kathmandu (27 April 2015)
Across Kathmandu and beyond, people spent Sunday night in the open defying wet, cold weather. There is also a shortage of medicine.
Nepalese residents carry their belongings along a road after spending Sunday night outdoors in Kathmandu (27 April 2015)
Shocked and exhausted, tens of thousands of Nepalis are bracing for more terrifying aftershocks.
People wait outside the departure terminal at the airport in Kathmandu (27 April 2015)
Scores of people slept outside the departure terminal at the airport in Kathmandu in the hope of getting a flight out of the country.
Rescue team personnel carry an injured person towards a waiting helicopter at Everest Base Camp (26 April 2015)
High in the Himalayas, hundreds of foreign and Nepalese climbers remained trapped after a huge avalanche tore its way through the Mount Everest base camp.
A Nepalese woman walks past a collapsed temple in Bhaktapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu (26 April 2015)
A construction expert told Reuters that long-term reconstruction costs using proper building standards for an earthquake zone could be more than $5bn, or about 20% of the country's GDP.
Hundreds of people gather in New York's Diversity Square to light candles during a vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal (26 April 2015)
Hundreds of people in New York lit candles in memory of the earthquake victims on Sunday in the city's Diversity Square.
Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik puts the final touches on his sand sculpture to commemorate the earthquake in Nepal, on a beach in Puri, some 65 kilometers from Bhubaneswar on April 25, 2015
In India an artist has made a sand sculpture to honour the victims.
Police search ruins after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, in Gyirong county, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (27 April 2015)
The earthquake also destroyed buildings in the Chinese region of Tibet, which borders Nepal.
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