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  • 30 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:    A man feeds pigeons amidst piles of ruble and bricks stacked for recycling in Durbar Square in Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake most of the tourist attractions are open but signs of the tremblor remain. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:    A man feeds pigeons amidst piles of ruble and bricks stacked for recycling in Durbar Square in Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake most of the tourist attractions are open but signs of the tremblor remain. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:    A man feeds pigeons amidst piles of ruble and bricks stacked for recycling in Durbar Square in Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake most of the tourist attractions are open but signs of the tremblor remain. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers take finished bricks out of a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: Men dig out a residential street in Bungamati, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake debris from the earthquake still clogs many of the streets in the community. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Workers recover bricks from Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple. It's a complex of Buddhist and Hindu temples in Kathmandu. It was heavily damaged in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: A woman whose home was destroyed in the earthquake dries lentils in the town square in Bungamati, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake many families still live in tents and temporary shelters scattered around the village. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A worker in Kathmandu carries bricks out of a home destroyed by the earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Buddhist monks visit the wreckage of a Buddhist monastery at Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple. Two monks were killed when the monastery was destroyed by the earthquake. Swayambhunath is a complex of Buddhist and Hindu temples in Kathmandu. It was heavily damaged in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A Hindu holy man blesses a woman and her child in front of sign warning of dangers from the earthquake at Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple. It's a complex of Buddhist and Hindu temples in Kathmandu. It was heavily damaged in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:    A corner of the Jagannath Temple in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, is propped with timbers after the earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use pony carts to haul unbaked bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A worker hands a tray of cement to a coworker on a construction site that is rebuilding a building near Kathmandu's Durbar Square destroyed in the 2015 earthquake Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Tourists walk through an empty lot being rebuilt after the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A woman sells Nepali newspaper in front of Kasthamandap, a Hindu temple destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. Nothing is left of the temple, which was built in the 12 Century. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Boys play on scaffolding that is holding up the wall of the Hanuman Dhoka Palace on Durbar Square in Kathmandu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site badly damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Woman walk among buildings in Bhaktapur destroyed in the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Wet bricks are loaded onto a donkey that hauls the bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers load bricks into packs to carry them to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A sign announcing an "Earthquake Sale" at a store that sells hiking and trekking supplies to tourists in Kathmandu. Tourism, which accounts for about 8% of the Nepal economy, has virtually collapsed since the earthquake in April causing more damage to the Nepali economy. The areas most heavily damaged, historic sites in the Kathmandu valley and trekking trails in the Himalaya Mountains, are the most popular tourist areas and the earthquake struck in the middle of the tourist high season. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: The large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - KHOKANA, NEPAL: Workers remove earthquake debris from the streets in Khokana, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake, roads in many rural villages are still blocked by earthquake debris. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Workers recover bricks from Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple. It's a complex of Buddhist and Hindu temples in Kathmandu. It was heavily damaged in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:    A woman collects clay bricks for recycling and reuse around her home in Kathmandu that was destroyed in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A workers puts coal that fuels the fire into the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Nepalese gather around a holi pole set up for the Hindu holiday of Holi on Durbar Square. The scaffolding is holding up the wall of the Hanuman Dhoka Palace on Durbar Square in Kathmandu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site badly damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A woman digs by hand through a home in Bhaktapur destroyed in the 2015 earthquake Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A brick factory in Bhaktapur spews smoke from coal fires that bake bricks in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker shovel coal dust used to fire the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker shovel coal into a grinder that makes coal dust at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A woman does her dishes in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: A woman on the front step of her home in Bungamati. Bungamati, a community of wood carvers and artisans, used to be a stop on the tourist trail of the Kathmandu valley but since the 2015 earthquake few tourists visit the community. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Women who work at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, takes a break in the kiln at the factory. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers deliver bricks to a waiting truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry baked bricks to waiting trucks while other workers stack wet bricks in the kiln for baking at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Clay is pushed out of hillside to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: With her granddaughter watching her in their tent. CHANDRA MAYA SUNAR, 57 years old, breathes through an oxygen mask in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. She came to Kathmandu with her family from Sindupalchok after the earthquake. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:  A boy and girl study in a temporary school in central Kathmandu. Parts of her existing school were damaged in the earthquake and officials are afraid to use the existing structure, so they have set up a temporary school made of woven matting. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL:  A woman walks down a street still strewn with debris from the earthquake in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL:  A woodcarver in Bungamati works on a piece. Bungamati, a community of wood carvers and artisans, used to be a stop on the tourist trail of the Kathmandu valley but since the 2015 earthquake few tourists visit the community. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL:  A dog in front of a home damaged in the 2015 Nepal earthquake in Bungamati.  Bungamati, a community of wood carvers and artisans, used to be a stop on the tourist trail of the Kathmandu valley but since the 2015 earthquake few tourists visit the community. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL:  A woodcarver in Bungamati works on a piece. Bungamati, a community of wood carvers and artisans, used to be a stop on the tourist trail of the Kathmandu valley but since the 2015 earthquake few tourists visit the community. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: Workers load a dump truck with earthquake debris in Bungamati. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: Women sort bricks in an ancient Hindu temple destroyed by an earthquake in Bungamati. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: Women weave mat rugs in front of an earthquake damaged home in Bungamati. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An empty lot that used to be an apartment building in Kathmandu. The building collapsed during the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A snack vendor does business in front of a stack of bricks being used to rebuild the shrines at Swayambhu Stupa. The stupa was badly damaged in the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An elderly Nepali man sits in the sun at a temple in the Social Welfare Centre, Elderly's Home, the only public nursing home in Nepal. The 2015 earthquake badly damaged the temple. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Women carry wet, unbaked, bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Brick factories in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A sign announcing an "Earthquake Sale" at a store that sells hiking and trekking supplies to tourists in Kathmandu. Tourism, which accounts for about 8% of the Nepal economy, has virtually collapsed since the earthquake in April causing more damage to the Nepali economy. The areas most heavily damaged, historic sites in the Kathmandu valley and trekking trails in the Himalaya Mountains, are the most popular tourist areas and the earthquake struck in the middle of the tourist high season. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A girl washes her face in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A girl washes her face in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - KHOKANA, NEPAL: A woman shucks rice in a street clogged with earthquake debris in Khokana, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake, roads in many rural villages are still blocked by earthquake debris. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: A woman bathes her husband in a small Internal Displaced Persons settlement in the town square in Bungamati, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake many families still live in tents and temporary shelters scattered around the village. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: A woman whose home was destroyed in the earthquake dries lentils in the town square in Bungamati, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. Three months after the earthquake many families still live in tents and temporary shelters scattered around the village. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: Bricks stacked up around the site of the Hindu temple in Bungamati, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. The temple was destroyed in the earthquake and the plaza around the temple has been turned into an Internal Displaced Person (IDP) camp. Three months after the earthquake debris from the earthquake still clogs many of the streets in the community. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 AUGUST 2015 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: Bricks stacked up around the site of the Hindu temple in Bungamati, a village about an hour from Kathmandu. The temple was destroyed in the earthquake and the plaza around the temple has been turned into an Internal Displaced Person (IDP) camp. Three months after the earthquake debris from the earthquake still clogs many of the streets in the community. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL:  A girl studies in a temporary school in central Kathmandu. Parts of her existing school were damaged in the earthquake and officials are afraid to use the existing structure, so they have set up a temporary school made of woven matting. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 AUGUST 2015 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL:  A woman rolls up her sleeping mat in her shelter in a small Internal Displaced Person (IDP) camp at Durbar Square in Bhaktapur for people left homeless by the Nepal earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 AUGUST 2015 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL:  A homeless elderly man in a small Internal Displaced Person (IDP) camp at Durbar Square in Bhaktapur for people left homeless by the Nepal earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Boys practice cricket batting in front of a pile of bricks recovered for earthquake reconstruction. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A monkey next to a sign warning of dangers from the earthquake at Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple. The building the monkey is in front of is propped with timbers. Swayambhunath is a complex of Buddhist and Hindu temples in Kathmandu. It was heavily damaged in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 JULY 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Workers carry bricks and building materials to be recycled and reused out of a Buddhist monastery at Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple. Two monks were killed when the monastery was destroyed by the earthquake. Swayambhunath is a complex of Buddhist and Hindu temples in Kathmandu. It was heavily damaged in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use pony carts to haul unbaked bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A woman digs by hand through a home in Bhaktapur destroyed in the 2015 earthquake Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A man washes up in front of his temporary shelter in an informal IDP center in Bhaktapur. He's been living in the temporary shelter with his family for nearly two years. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman balances finished bricks on her head to carry them to a truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: CHANDRA MAYA SUNAR, 57 years old, breathes through an oxygen mask in her tent in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. She came to Kathmandu with her family from Sindupalchok after the earthquake. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A woman and her son put in a brick patio in front of their tent in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL:  A laborer looks at a home he was hired to demolish in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. The home was damaged in the earthquake and the owners hope to rebuild on the site but first half to take down what's left of the existing home. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL:  A woman does her dishes near their temporary housing in a rice field in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. Her home was destroyed in the earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 AUGUST 2015 - SANKHU, NEPAL: People walk past a Hindu temple destroyed in the Nepal earthquake in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: Workers dig out the ruins of an ancient Hindu temple in Bungamati. The temple was destroyed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Bungamati, a community of wood carvers and artisans, used to be a stop on the tourist trail of the Kathmandu valley but since the 2015 earthquake few tourists visit the community. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: A child plays on a street Bungamati. Bungamati, a community of wood carvers and artisans, used to be a stop on the tourist trail of the Kathmandu valley but since the 2015 earthquake few tourists visit the community. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2017 - BUNGAMATI, NEPAL: A home damaged and ripped open during the 2015 earthquake in Bungamati. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers put clay into brick molds at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The live in the building in the background. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  A worker puts clay into a wheelbarrow to take it to workers at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  A workers shovels the clay that will go into bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A man carries a load past construction supplies for reconstruction from the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Workers shape rebar into forms for cement columns in front of a building damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Workers shape rebar into forms for cement columns in front of a building damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A woman walks past a tourist curio shop rebuilt out of tarps and corrugated tin after the 2015 earthquake on Kathmandu's Durbar Square. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A produce vendor chats with friends in front of tin wall blocking off a construction site for a building destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. Much of Kathmandu is now a construction site because of rebuilding  two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Hindu women who live as religious ascetics sit on the wall around a temple destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A Nepali craftsman carves stones that will be used in a Hindu temple in the reconstruction of Bhaktapur's Durbur Square. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker shovel coal into a grinder that makes coal dust at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman who works at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, takes a break in the kiln at the factory. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers deliver bricks to a waiting truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker in a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, starts the morning cooking fire in his home. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal. Most of the workers live at the factories, in homes made of stacked but not mortared, bricks.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Clay is pushed out of hillside to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Men rebuild a house near Seto Machindranath Temple in Kathmandu. The home was one of thousands in the area damaged in the Nepal Earthquake. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: With her granddaughter watching her in their tent. CHANDRA MAYA SUNAR, 57 years old, breathes through an oxygen mask in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. She came to Kathmandu with her family from Sindupalchok after the earthquake. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A girl plays with a home made "Hula Hoop" type toy in a large Internal Displaced Person (IDP) Camp in the center of Kathmandu. The camp is next to one the most expensive international hotels in Kathmandu. More than 7,100 people displaced by the Nepal earthquake in April live in 1,800 tents spread across the space of three football fields. There is no electricity in the camp. International NGOs provide water and dug latrines on the edge of the camp but the domestic waste water, from people doing laundry or dishes, runs between the tents. Most of the ground in the camp is muddy from the running water and frequent rain. Most of the camp's residents come from the mountains in northern Nepal, 8 - 12 hours from Kathmandu. The residents don't get rations or food assistance so every day many of them walk the streets of Kathmandu looking for day work.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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