NEPAL-QUAKE-ANNIVERSARY

Publish date : 24 April, 2016

Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli lays a wreath at the base of what remains of the landmark Dharahara Tower on the first anniversary of the 2015 Nepal earthquake in Kathmandu on April 24, 2016. Nepal on April 24 held services remembering thousands of people killed in a devastating earthquake one year ago, as authorities vow to expedite long-delayed reconstruction projects. Some 9,000 people were killed in the 7.8-magnitude quake that struck April 25, 2015 and its aftershocks. / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA