Nepal has turned to its two Asian neighbours, India and China, and the rest of the international community to assist with the aftermath of a devastating weekend earthquake, as the death toll from the disaster rose to 2,800.
Nepali authorities were struggling yesterday to reach remote mountainous villages hit by the earthquake, and evacuate foreign climbers and their Nepali Sherpas, trapped on Mount Everest, where a huge avalanche triggered by the quake that killed 22 people.
Indian air forced helicopters carried Nepali soldiers on numerous reconnaissance missions in the worst affected mountainous areas to assess the damage, and laid plans to distribute relief supplies to the stranded survivors.