Nepal: 4 months after the disaster

Four months ago, Nepal was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The catastrophe destroyed countless homes, hospitals and schools, and leveled entire neighborhoods to the ground. 8800 people died.

Now the country is in the monsoon season, and life is still very hard. Months of severe rain, floods and mudslides are expected in many areas. Outlying villages may be cut off from the outside world. Tens of thousands of families whose homes were destroyed by the earthquake will need temporary housing. About 2.8 million people need humanitarian assistance. Schools, roads and hospitals have been destroyed. Over a million people suffer from hunger.

(Total 23 photos)

Photo: ZUMAPRESS.com/Global Look Press

Ruined temple gate in Kathmandu.

Candy and papaya vendors in Kathmandu.

Recycling bricks from a destroyed house.

In a camp for displaced persons.

The peasant returns from the rice fields.

Destroyed houses in Bungamati village.

Temporary school students.

A Hindu woman prays near the Bagmati River.

At a temporary school.

A woman builds herself a temporary home.

The ruined center of Kathmandu.

Public well - many houses do not have water.

Workers collect bricks left over from the destroyed temple.

View of Kathmandu.