Pesta Thapa Magar, 75

Pesta Thapa Magar, 75, of Chalnakhel, escaped unhurt from the devastating earthquake but got her legs broken after a week of the disaster. Following the Great Earthquake of April 25, she was taking shelter outside her house in the open space. One fine morning she felt like having tea and entered her house to prepare tea. But suddenly the wall of her house collapsed and broke her leg.

Raj Tamang, 29

Raj Tamang, 29, was running from pillar to post looking for a doctor at emergency ward in Bir Hospital, Kathmandu. A permanent resident of Galchhe in Sindhupalchok, the worst-hit district, Tamang arrived in Kathmandu 16 days after getting wounded. He was caught in the disaster while working to build a wall at his hometown. The house he was working at got collapsed when the earthquake struck. His left hand index finger has been cut from the middle and has also sustained injury in his right hand.

Rajendra Napit, 40

Rajendra Napit, 40, a permanent resident of Bhaktapur, sustained injuries in his back and his leg while escaping the earthquake. He is seen washing his face and brushing his teeth from hospital bed.

Samikshya Khadka, 26

Samikshya Khadka, 26, jumped off the first floor of the house she was living along with her son after the Great Earthquake struck. She managed to save her two and a half years old son Aarab and herself but was badly injured. She has broken her back and her leg.

Lakpa Rengin Sherpa

Five-year-old Lakpa Rengin Sherpa has broken his hand during the earthquake. A permanent resident of Sankhuwasaba, Lakpa, was hit by the wood of his house on his hand. He usually cries in pain. He is at the hospital with his father Lakpa Temba Sherpa.

Laxman Ranjit, Weight Lifting player

National player of weight lifting, Laxman Ranjit, 31, lost his wife and got his leg fractured in the devastating earthquake. He and his wife were donating blood at Kastamandap temple in Kathmandu when the Great Earthquake rocked. He asked his wife to pull out the syringe and run away. He pulled off the syringe, carried his son and ran away, but he fell down and got badlyhit by something on his leg. After the quake stoppped, he fould his six years old son fine and started looking out for his wife and realised she was burried inside Kastamandap. Later his wife's dead body was found at 4 PM in the evening.

Photos by Kaushal Adhikari