A deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday. The immense quake, the most powerful to hit Nepal in over 80 years, left more than a thousand people dead across several countries, reduced entire neighborhoods to rubble and triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest.
Harrowing photos and videos coming out of the region show people in Nepal banding together to recover victims of the quake amid utter devastation.
People clear rubble in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by an earthquake on April 25, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)
Emergency workers and bystanders clear debris while searching for survivors under a collapsed temple in Basantapur Durbar Square following an earthquake on April 25, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)
People stand on top of debris from a collapsed building at Basantapur Durbar Square watching the destruction following an earthquake on April 25, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)
A Nepalese man and woman hold each other in Kathmandu's Durbar Square on April 25, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)
Rescuers clear the debris at Durbar Sqaure after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepalese rescue workers and onlookers gather at Kathmandu's Durbar Square on April 25, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)
People stand around damage caused by an earthquake at Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
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