Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.

BEIJING: After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday (Mar 28), killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country. The most ubiquito

For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air. If their injuries aren't too severe, victims can survive for a week or more,

Rescue workers at the U Hla Thein monastery said 270 monks were taking a religious exam when the quake hit, decimating the monastery. 70 were able to escape, but 50 have already been found dead and 150 are still unaccounted for.

The UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is launching an appeal to help the thousands of people injured and displaced as a result of last week's powerful earthquake which struck Myanmar and the wider region.

Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter Myanmar since a huge earthquake hit the war-torn country.

The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive, two days after a massive earthquake struck that killed more than 1,

Volunteers gathered to help, some coming in from other cities, to do whatever they could in the city near the epicenter of the powerful quake.

Hospitals are overwhelmed, and people are sleeping out on the streets, anywhere they can, in fields and playgrounds and religious compounds.”