#NepalPhotoProject uses Instagram to capture aftermath of Nepal quake

BY LUKE LEONARD From Mashable

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It is not always cheers of victories for the people involved in the rescue operations. Here, a day before famously rescuing Pema Lama, L.B. Basnet, an officer from the Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) is seen doing necessary paperwork after retrieving a deceased body of a 47-year-old shopkeeper, Dambar Karki. IMAGE: NEPALPHOTOPROJECT/INSTAGRAM

On April 26, 2015, one day after the most devastating Earthquake to hit Nepal in 80 years, the Nepal Photo Project began.

The project was founded with the intention of documenting the area in and around Kathmandu following the disaster, and to provide critical information so others outside the region can find information about rescue and relief efforts.

Approximately 7,000 people were killed in the 7.8 quake. If you are in the area, you can contribute to the project by tagging your images with #nepalphotoproject.

Additional reporting by NepalPhotoProject and its contributors.

A Nepali Army soldier walks through a damaged building in Balaju, Kathmandu. Photo by @arunkthakur. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

It is not always cheers of victories for the people involved in the rescue operations. Here, a day before famously rescuing Pema Lama, L.B. Basnet, an officer from the Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) is seen doing necessary paperwork after retrieving a deceased body of 47-year-old shopkeeper, Dambar Karki. It took the rescue operators nine hours to pull Karki’s body out from the ground floor of a six-story building. Photo by @shikharbhattarai. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

Israeli and U.S. army at work with the Nepalese army in the Gongabu area in Kathmandu. Photo by @zorif123 . IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

Inside an India Air Force rescue helicopter, on our way back from Sindhupalchowk, 9-year-old Suresh Tamang looks on while his father Mirghe stares outside the window. Suresh’s left leg is bent like a bow and his forehead and left eye is swollen after a portion of his home fell on him. A technician in the helicopter asked them if they have eaten anything. Too dazed to respond, the young man didn’t wait long enough for them to answer and offered Suresh a Dairy Milk bar. The boy from Singerchya wanted a sip of water first and offered him a bottle lying under the seat. Unable to open the packet, he insisted I feed him the chocolate bar. Photo by @riteshuttamchandani. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

Durgadevi Shreshta draws water from the well in the courtyard of her house in Sankhu, Nepal. The Shreshtas were all out working on their field when the earthquake struck and were surprised to see that the well had survived while the rest of their three-story home didn’t. Photo by @riteshuttamchandani.

IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

Makeshift hospitals for victims suffering from all sorts of injuries from Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kirtipur. Photo by Firoz Merchant @zorif123.

IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

The bodies are still trickling into Aryaghat, cremation grounds at the Pashupati temple in Kathmandu.

The numbers have subsided considerably during the last two days. As opposed to the second day of the quake where more than 152 bodies were cremated, that exceeds the number cremated during the People’s War.

Photo by @sumitdayal. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

An Indian Army personnel directs an Indian Air Force aircraft containing relief materials to be airlifted to Nepal to provide assistance to earthquake victims at Hindon Air Force Station near New Delhi. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people April 25, 2015, as it ripped through large parts of Nepal, toppling office blocks and towers in Kathmandu and triggering a deadly avalanche that hit Everest base camp. Photo by @khannachandan #nepalphotoproject #nepalearthquake #nepal #newdelhi #relief IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

Yangu Dong lives to tell the tale of her survival through the 1934 and 2015 earthquakes in Nepal.

She is 105 years old.

The 1934 Nepal – Bihar earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in the history of Nepal and Bihar, This 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on Jan. 15 at around 2:13 p.m. (IST) and caused widespread damage in Nepal and Northern Bihar with casualties of more than 10,000. Photo by @zishaanakbarlatif.

IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

A house in Basundhara, Kathmandu collapsed during the massive earthquake of April 25, 2015. Photo by @kishorksg. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

The fear of sleeping indoors in their houses is forcing people to sleep outside.

Amongst the brouhaha at Bhaktipur’s Darbar square, a man finds solace under the heritage of his country. Photo by @zishaanakbarlatif.

IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

Hundreds of travelers will camp out at the airport tonight. They have all come without bookings, just hoping to get on a flight out. Photo by Nayantara Gurung Kakshapati, @ntgk. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

She never told me her story, because tears welled up and I did not have the heart to ask. Pasang, 19, lost her mother and brother in the quake. She sat on her broken home and lit two candles and chanted Buddhist incantations. Everything north of Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk has been flattened. Firstly they need bulldozers to clear the road. Villagers are walking seven hours to carry rations all the way up. Cattle have been abandoned and the land has cracked all over. There is an urgent need for attention for Village Development Committees like Baruwa, which has four houses standing out of 507 and is still stunned by the impact of the earthquake. Photo by @prashanthvishwanathan for @careorg. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

In this photo taken in Goldhunga, Kathmandu

Tarkeshwor municipality on May 1, 2015, people wait in line for noodle and rice flakes distributed by a municipality relief team. Bajay Lama, a local, told me that there were many casualties, many were homeless and scarce of proper drinking water and food. People are vulnerable to waterbourne dieseases. Photo by @saagarchhetri. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

One week after the devastating earthquake hit Nepal, villagers in Kakani are trying to get started with their daily life again.

Atith Manandhar, 13, sits inside a broken door while his mother and aunt continue farming. Photo by @swastikpal. IMAGE: @NEPALPHOTOPROJECT ON INSTAGRAM

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See also iNews Story published May 12 2015 “Nepal earthquake: Dozens die in new tremor near Everest” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/nepal-earthquake-dozens-die-in-new-tremor-near-everest/