Nepal Earthquake One Year Later

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On April 25, 2015, a violent 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal—followed weeks later by a 7.3-magnitude aftershock—killing almost 9,000 people, injuring 22,000, and damaging or destroying nearly 800,000 homes.

A year later, some of the debris has been cleared away, but very little reconstruction has taken place. Nepal held memorial services this weekend and Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli announced the start of some heritage site reconstruction projects. More than 600,000 Nepalese still live in temporary or unsafe housing.

In this combination of two photos, at right, debris lies strewn across Durbar Square after an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 25, 2015. On the left side, a man walks by Durbar Square after some of the cleanup was completed, on March 2, 2016.

[1 of 2] In this the “before” photo from 2015, a Buddhist monk salvages a statue of a Buddhist deity from a monastery around the famous after it was damaged by an earthquake in Kathmandu on April 30.

[2 of 2] In this “after” photo, a Nepalese woman eats an ice cream at the same place after it was cleared on March 2, 2016.

[1 of 2] A man walks along a street near a collapsed house following an earthquake on May 1, 2015, in Kathmandu.

[2 of 2] The same location as above, after debris had been cleared on February 17, 2016.

[1 of 2] Nepalese residents walk past road damage following an earthquake in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015.

[2 of 2] Traffic moves through the same scene as above on April 22, 2016.

[1 of 2] A Nepalese man walks through destruction caused by the earthquake, in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 27, 2015.

[2 of 2] A man walks through the same area after the road was cleared of debris on March 1, 2016.

[1 of 2] A Nepalese man walks past debris caused by an earthquake in Bhaktapur on April 26, 2015.

[2 of 2] Nepalese women walk by the same place as above after it was cleared of debris on February 29, 2016.

[1 of 2] People look at the debris of one of the oldest temples after it was damaged in the earthquake in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015.

[2 of 2] A person stands in the same place after much of the debris of the temple complex was cleared, in Katmandu, on March 2, 2016.

[1 of 2] People work past damaged buildings following an earthquake on May 1, 2015 on the outskirts of Kathmandu.

[2 of 2] People walk through the same are as above after the debris has been cleared on February 14, 2016.

Phursang Tamang, 10, works at the brick factory in Bhaktapur on April 24, 2016, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Best friends, Khendo Tamang, left, and Nirmala Pariyar, both 8, wait to be measured for a new prosthetic legs. The girls became close friends while in recovery after each one lost a leg in Nepal's massive earthquake.

A woman and a child walk past the remains of collapsed houses damaged during the April 2015 earthquake, in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on March 18, 2016.

Nirmaya Tamang attends physiotherapy at Physical Rehabilitation Center which treats earthquake victims, in Kathmandu, on April 4, 2016.

People hold balloons before releasing them during an event organized to commemorate the victims of last year's earthquakes in Kathmandu on April 23, 2016.

A woman holding balloons poses for a picture before releasing them during an event organized to commemorate the victims of last year's earthquakes.

Nepalese people light candles in memory of those who died in last year's devastating earthquake in Kathmandu on April 24, 2016.

Nepalese people light up candles in the shape of the Dharahara Tower.

A Nepalese woman offers prayer at a compound that was destroyed during last year’s earthquake in Kathmandu on April 25, 2016.