
*Puffs of dust, as seen from Hattiban, rise from different parts of Kathmandu after the 7.8 richter scale struck Nepal on April 25, 2015.*

*Dharahara is completely destroyed in Saturday's earthquake.*

*Temples in Kathmandu Darbar Square and Patan Darbar Square are reduced to rubble following Saturday's earthquake.*

*The statue of late King Tribhuvan at Tripureshwor remains standing while the cover over it is damaged.*

*Doctors attend to injured people outside Bir Hospital on Saturday.*

*A person looks at a damaged building in Teku on Sunday.*

*Huge cracks appear on the highway at Lokanthali following Saturday's earthquake.*
**Read also:**
**[Giving to the living](http://nepalitimes.com/page/nepal-earthquake-2015-relief)**
**[Shaking things up](http://nepalitimes.com/article/editorial/the-aftermath-of-a-devastating-earthquake,2210), Editorial**
**[Langtang is gone](http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/langtang-destroyed-in-earthquake,2205), Sahina Shrestha**
**[Monumental loss](http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/Monumental-loss,2215), Stéphane Huët**
**[Mapping the aftermath](http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/data-mapping-the-aftermath-of-earthquake,2218), Ayesha Shakya**
**[Microcosm of a calamity](http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/Microcosm-of-a-calamity,2216), Cynthia Choo and Sonia Awale**
**[Teacher's tragedy](http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/tragedy-of-teacher-teach-for-nepal,2206), Cynthia Choo**
**[Coming out stronger from crisis]( http://nepalitimes.com/regular-columns/opinion/coming-out-stronger-earthquake,479), Anjana Rajbhandary**
**[Believe it, or not](http://nepalitimes.com/regular-columns/Between-the-lines/the-need-of-right-kind-of-information,481), Tsering Dolker Gurung**
**[A slow start](http://nepalitimes.com/regular-columns/The-gadfly/disaster-preparedness-during-earthquake,480), David Seddon**
**[The earthquake from above](http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/kunda-dixit-when-earthquake-struck-nepal,2214), Kunda Dixit**
**[Surviving trauma]( http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Surviving-trauma,2211), Anjana Rajbhandary**
**[Thanking the Living Goddess for life](http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/living-goddess-saves-lives-nepal-earthquake,2208), Min Ratna Bajracharya**
**[Preparing to be prepared](http://nepalitimes.com/page/preparing-for-the-next-big-earthquake-in-nepal), Kunda Dixit**