Nepal Fast Facts

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Updated 2:43 PM ET, Fri July 26, 2019

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People collect bricks from the ruins of buildings in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Friday, May 15. The region was struck with a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on Tuesday, May 12, just 17 days after a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/25/world/gallery/nepal-earthquake/index.html" target="_blank">magnitude-7.8 quake</a> left thousands dead.
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People collect bricks from the ruins of buildings in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Friday, May 15. The region was struck with a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on Tuesday, May 12, just 17 days after a magnitude-7.8 quake left thousands dead.
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Members of the Nepalese Army search for a U.S. Marine helicopter in Nepal's Dolakha District on Thursday, May 14. The chopper went missing with six U.S. Marines and two Nepali service members on board.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/15/asia/us-helicopter-found-nepal/index.html"> Three bodies were found in the helicopter's wreckage</a> on Friday, Nepal's defense secretary said.
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Members of the Nepalese Army search for a U.S. Marine helicopter in Nepal's Dolakha District on Thursday, May 14. The chopper went missing with six U.S. Marines and two Nepali service members on board. Three bodies were found in the helicopter's wreckage on Friday, Nepal's defense secretary said.
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Nepali rescue team members work at a collapsed building in Kathmandu on May 14.
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Nepali rescue team members work at a collapsed building in Kathmandu on May 14.
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Debris from a landslide blocks a road in the Dolakha district in Nepal on May 14.
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Debris from a landslide blocks a road in the Dolakha district in Nepal on May 14.
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A man carries a jug of water in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on May 14.
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A man carries a jug of water in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on May 14.
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A man looks at massive damage in Chautara, Nepal, on Wednesday, May 13.
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A man looks at massive damage in Chautara, Nepal, on Wednesday, May 13.
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A helicopter waits to evacuate an injured man at a Nepali army base near Chautara on May 13.
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A helicopter waits to evacuate an injured man at a Nepali army base near Chautara on May 13.
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A man carries his child to a camp for displaced people in Chautara on May 13.
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A man carries his child to a camp for displaced people in Chautara on May 13.
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A family sleeps in an open space sheltered by plastic sheets in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, May 12.
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A family sleeps in an open space sheltered by plastic sheets in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, May 12.
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People take shelter inside a car instead of being indoors in Kathamandu on May 12.
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People take shelter inside a car instead of being indoors in Kathamandu on May 12.
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A rescue worker from Mexico stands at the site of a collapsed building in Kathmandu on May 12.
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A rescue worker from Mexico stands at the site of a collapsed building in Kathmandu on May 12.
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People look through the debris of buildings in Kathmandu on May 12.