Body parts are strewn on the slopes of a mountain in Nepal, and up to 300 people, many of them foreigners, are believed to have been buried there by an avalanche set off by the devastating earthquake.
Soldiers take part in an operation to recover bodies after a massive avalanche triggered by the earthquake overwhelmed Langtang villageReuters
Emergency workers have recovered more than 100 bodies – including at least nine foreigners – who were killed by a mudslide that buried the village of Langtang.
Langtang is on a trekking route popular with Westerners and the village had 55 guesthouses catering for visitors. The village was wiped out by the avalanche but it was not clear how many people were there at the time. More than 13,000 foreign hikers visit the area annually.
"We don't know exactly how many people were in Langtang village at the time of disaster," Uddhav Bhattarai, a local government official, told Reuters.
The number of people buried here could be as high as 300, including 110 foreigners, according to Gautam Rimal, assistant district administrator in the area. "There are body parts, broken limbs and pieces of flesh scattered in the area," he said. More than three dozen workers at a nearby hydroelectric project are also unaccounted for.
Soldiers search for bodies after a massive avalanche triggered by last week's earthquake overwhelmed LangtangReuters
Soldiers recover a body that was buried in Langtang village, NepalReuters
Recovered bodies are lined up in LangtangReuters
The government has said 7,759 people were killed in the 25 April earthquake and more than 16,000 injured. The true extent of the damage from the magnitude-7.8 earthquake is still unknown as reports keep filtering in from remote areas, some of which remain entirely cut off.
UN humanitarian officials said more helicopters were needed to reach isolated mountain villages, which were hard to access even before the quake.
An aerial view of the village of Barpak, near the epicentre of the earthquakeDavid Ramos/Getty ImagesA man clears rubble from his destroyed house in Barpak, a village high above a valley at the epicentre of the earthquakeNicolas Asfouri/AFPGirls walk on a plank across the remains of a destroyed house in the hard-hit village of Barpak, where fewer than 10 of 1,200 homes remain standing, according to reportsNicolas Asfouri/AFPBuddy Prasad Grg, 45, who was injured during an aftershock in Lampuk, is carried by villagers and Nepalese soldiers towards an Indian helicopterDavid Ramos/Getty ImagesResidents of the heavily-damaged village of Hulchuk stand near their flattened housesDavid Ramos/Getty ImagesMakeshift shelters cling to a terraced hillside near Hulchuk, as seen from an Indian Army helicopterDavid Ramos/Getty ImagesA man stands near destroyed houses in the remote Kerauja village in Nepal's Gorkha districtPhillipe Lopez/AFPNepalese earthquake survivors in the remote Kerauja village in Gorkha district watch as relief supplies are delivered by a World Food Programme helicopterPhillipe Lopez/AFPAn elderly earthquake survivor looks on as relief supplies arrive in the remote Kerauja village in Gorkha districtPhillipe Lopez/AFPA young earthquake survivor sleeps in a cot in Kerauja village, Gorkha districtPhillipe Lopez/AFPA Nepalese army personnel holds the baby of an earthquake victim who was airlifted from Sindhupalchok district to KathmanduNavesh Chitrakar/ReutersThe body of a Nepalese guide, recovered by the Israeli army's National Rescue Unit from the Himalayas, lies on a stretcher near Dhunche. According to papers found on his body, he was guiding a group of Dutch nationals, four women and two men, when the earthquake struckOlivia Harris/ReutersNepalese villagers collect aid dropped by a helicopter in HulchukDavid Ramos/Getty Images
More than a thousand engineers are checking damaged houses in Nepal's capital and advising people about whether they are safe. About 13,000 families have requested inspections of their homes since the massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake.
Some modern buildings – including upmarket hotels and expensive homes – appear to have escaped largely unscathed. But there is widespread damage in poorer neighbourhoods.
Nepal military personnel and earthquake survivors search for belongings in collapsed houses in Sankhu, on the outskirts of KathmanduAthit Perawongmetha/ReutersNepal army personnel help earthquake survivors search for belongings at a collapsed house in Sankhu on the outskirts of KathmanduAdnan Abidi/ReutersCollapsed houses are pictured in BhaktapurNavesh Chitrakar/ReutersA man searches among the rubble of collapsed houses in BhaktapurNavesh Chitrakar/ReutersA man walks through earthquake rubble in Shanku, on the outskirts of KathmanduChris McGrath/Getty ImagesPeople queue for food and water at a camp for displaced people in KathmanduAthit Perawongmetha/ReutersWomen pray for the souls of earthquake victims in KathmanduOlivia Harris/Reuters
