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Over 2,500 people killed in Nepal earthquake: Album

A Nepalese man cries after rescue workers found his mother’s body among debris after an earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015. © AP

The death toll from Nepal’s massive earthquake has surpassed 2,500 in the Himalayan country and neighboring nations as the rescue operations continue in the region.

The Kathmandu-based National Emergency Operation Centre put the toll in Nepal at 2,430 while around 6,000 more people had been injured. Officials in India said the toll there now stood at 67, while Chinese state media said 18 people had been killed in the Tibet region. 

In addition, at least 17 people perished in an avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Everest, which was triggered by the quake.

"We have deployed all our resources for search and rescues," police spokesman, Kamal Singh Bam, told AFP, adding, "Helicopters have been sent to remote areas. We are sifting through the rubble where buildings have collapsed to see if we can find anyone."

Meanwhile, the US Geological Survey said a 6.7-magnitude aftershock hit an area northeast of the capital on Sunday, with climbers on Mount Everest reporting that the new tremor triggered more avalanches.

The Saturday quake destroyed large parts of the oldest neighborhoods in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu and the quake was also felt across India, Bangladesh, China's region of Tibet and Pakistan.

The magnitude 7.8 quake, with its epicenter outside Kahtmandu, was the worst to hit the nation in over 80 years.

A building damaged by an earthquake in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, April 26, 2015 © AFP

 

A Nepalese rescuer removes rubble to recover a dead body after an earthquake in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

Nepalese volunteers carry an injured boy after rescuing him from a damaged building following an earthquake in the capital of Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

A car partially buried under rubble in the Patan district of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu caused by a strong earthquake, April 26, 2015.  © AFP

 

Volunteers carry the body of a victim on a stretcher, retrieved from the debris of a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

People clear rubble in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu’s Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a area severely damaged by an earthquake on April 25, 2015.  © AFP

 

A dead body of a woman lies on debris after rescue workers recovered the victim from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Bhaktapur near Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, April 26, 2015. © AP

 

Nepalese people push an injured man in a wheelchair into an open area following a quake the outskirts of the capital, Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AFP

 

Injured people receive treatment outside the Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

An injured child receives treatment outside Medicare Hospital in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

Nepalese rescue workers remove debris as they search for victims of an earthquake in Bhaktapur near the capital Kathmandu, April 26, 2015. © AP

 

Nepalese people try to lift the debris from a temple at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square after an earthquake in the capital Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

Rescue workers clear the debris at Durbar Sqaure after an earthquake in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

An injured woman is carried just after an earthquake in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

People walk next to ruble after an earthquake in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. © AP

 

Indian police and bystanders look at a collapsed house following an earthquake, in the country’s eastern village of Siliguri on April 25, 2015. © AFP

 

Rescue workers carry an injured person to an airlift at Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by a strong earthquake devastated the site. © AFP

 

A rescue helicopter comes in for a landing to pick up injured people from Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the site. © AFP

 

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