Many buildings are leaning precariously over the streets in towns and cities around Nepal after two powerful earthquakes in less than three weeks.
Collapsed buildings are pictured in Charikot Village in Dolakha after the second earthquakeAthit Perawongmetha/ReutersWomen walk past a building damaged by earthquakes, causing it to lean to one side, in Sindhupalchowk district, NepalAhmad Masood/ReutersPeople walk past buildings in Kathmandu after a second major earthquake struckAthit Perawongmetha/Reuters
Traumatised local residents have taken to sleeping on the street, concerned that even more earthquakes could follow. The tremors have left areas of Nepal perilously unstable, leading to fears of more landslides, especially when seasonal monsoon rain begins to fall in the coming weeks.
At least 96 people were killed in the second earthquake, which brought down some buildings that were already fragile.
Two women walk through debris in the early morning hours in Bhaktapur near KathmanduAhmad Masood/ReutersA resident of Kathmandu walks past rubble following a second devastating earthquakeJonas Gratzer/Getty ImagesNepalese rescue team officials and a sniffer dog search for survivors in a collapsed house in KathmanduPrakash Mathema/AFPA South American rescue team try to find a young boy who was believed to be trapped under the rubble of a house that collapsed following a second major earthquake in KathmanduJonas Gratzer/Getty ImagesNepalese military personnel stand on a collapsed building after another earthquake in KathmanduAthit Perawongmetha/ReutersA collapsed hotel is seen in Charikot Village, Dolakha, NepalAthit Perawongmetha/ReutersResidents carry the body of a victim of the second major earthquake at Charikot Village in DolakhaAthit Perawongmetha/ReutersRelatives carry the body of Ramdal Tamang, 74, who died in the second earthquake, to a cremation ground in SindhupalchowkAthit Perawongmetha/ReutersThe body of Ramdal Tamang, 74, is cremated in Sindhupalchowk, NepalAthit Perawongmetha/Reuters
The second quake was less powerful than the one in April and shook a smaller, less populated area. It was centred between Kathmandu and Mount Everest, and was south east of last month's earthquake.
It hit hardest in deeply rural parts of the Himalayan foothills, hammering many villages reached only by hiking trails and causing road-blocking landslides.
