![Powerful earthquake hits Nepal People dig through rubble for victims in Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-06.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![Powerful earthquake hits Nepal A man is freed from a collapsed building in Kathmandu on Saturday, April 25 following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Powerful earthquake hits Nepal People dig through rubble for victims in Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kathmandu Struck By Powerful Earthquake People carry a victim who was removed from the collapsed Dharara tower following the earthquake in Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-rescue-update1-11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Earthquake in Kathmandu Security personnel and local people operating rescue operation at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu on April 25, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-24.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Powerful earthquake hits Nepal People inspect the damage of the collapsed landmark Dharahara, also called Bhimsen Tower, after the earthquake.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-27.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![(WORLD SECTION) NEPAL-KATHMANDU-EARTHQUAKE A vehicle sits on a badly damaged stretch of road in Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-rescue-update1-12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kathmandu Struck By Powerful Earthquake Emergency rescue workers search for survivors in the debris of Dharara tower in Kathmandu after it collapsed.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-rescue-update1-13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kathmandu Struck By Powerful Earthquake Kathmandu Struck By Powerful Earthquake](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-rescue-update1-16.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Earthquake in Kathmandu Volunteers taking out a dead body from the rubbles in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-25.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kathmandu Struck By Powerful Earthquake People clear debris in Basantapur Durbar Square while searching for survivors in Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-rescue-update1-14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kathmandu Struck By Powerful Earthquake A man passes a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-rescue-update1-15.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Kathmandu Struck By Powerful Earthquake Kathmandu residents run to shelters after a replica tremor hit the city on April 25, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-rescue-update1-17.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TOPSHOTS-NEPAL-INDIA-QUAKE A Nepalese man and woman hold each other in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by an earthquake on April 25, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-20.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Earthquake in Nepal People staying outdoors in fear of aftershocks, in central Kathmandu.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake_26.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Hundreds dead in Nepal earthquake, emergency declared People sleep outside on a street following a massive earthquake in Kathmandu on April on 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-23.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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