In pictures: Earthquake Hits Pakistan-India Border
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Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 1:48 PM ET
Pakistanis wait to receive aid packs containing vital blankets, sleeping bags and food supplies in Islamabad November 10, 2005. Pakistan is urging 15,000 earthquake survivors who flooded into its small capital city to return and rebuild their homes in the country's hard-hit northern mountains, but many fear being forgotten as winter closes in. Many refugees living in tent settlements in Islamabad do not want to go back, despite promises by authorities to help reconstruct houses in areas devastated by the October 8, 2005 earthquake. REUTERS/Cpl Chris Hargreaves/RLCI/British Crown Copyright/Handout -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 1:53 PM ET
An aerial view of an earthquake-damaged area in Muzzafarabad November 10, 2005. Pakistan is urging 15,000 earthquake survivors who flooded into its small capital city to return and rebuild their homes in the country's hard-hit northern mountains, but many fear being forgotten as winter closes in. Many refugees living in tent settlements in Islamabad do not want to go back, despite promises by authorities to help reconstruct houses in areas devastated by the October 8, 2005 earthquake. REUTERS/Cpl Chris Hargreaves/RLCI/British Crown Copyright/Handout -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 1:59 PM ET
Pakistan Army personnel prepare relief aid packs from Poland loaded with blankets, sleeping bags and food items in Islamabad November 10, 2005. Pakistan is urging 15,000 earthquake survivors who flooded into its small capital city to return and rebuild their homes in the country's hard-hit northern mountains, but many fear being forgotten as winter closes in. Many refugees living in tent settlements in Islamabad do not want to go back, despite promises by authorities to help reconstruct houses in areas devastated by the October 8, 2005 earthquake. REUTERS/Cpl Chris Hargreaves/RLC/British Crown Copyright/Handout -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 2:10 PM ET
A women Kashmiri psychotherapist from Medecins Sans Frontieres teaches a song to Kashmiri earthquake survivors at Kotramastkhan village in Bagh, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov 8, 2005. With most hospitals and clinics in ruins, and tens of thousands of injuries to tend to, coping with mental problems has been a low priority for international relief teams, but one that experts say could have a profound impact on society in the long-term. (AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim) -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 2:16 PM ET
Pakistani earthquake survivors carry tents they picked up from a military camp, as they walk back to their homes during the rain, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. The magnitude 7.6 Oct. 8 quake, centred in divided Kashmir, destroyed the homes of more than 3 million people. Survivors have converged on tent camps, some with poor sanitation, sparking new health dangers. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 2:19 PM ET
Pakistani earthquake survivors sit around the fire for warmth at a camp in Balakot, Pakistan, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005. The Oct. 8 quake, centered in divided Kashmir, destroyed the homes of more than 3 million people. Survivors have converged on tent camps, some with poor sanitation, sparking new health dangers. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10,11:38 PM ET
Kashmiri earthquake survivors walk on a road damaged by the October 8 earthquake in the Neelum Valley in northern Pakistan in this November 9, 2005 file photo. (Amiruddin Mughal/Files/Reuters) -
AFP - Fri Nov 11,12:28 AM ET
The United Nations says children likely made up half of the 74,000 people who died in the South Asian quake.(AFP/Banaras Khan) -
AFP - Fri Nov 11, 2:50 AM ET
An injured Pakistani earthquake survivor stands at a camp in Karachi. Children likely make up half of the 74,000 people who died in the South Asian quake, the United Nations says, confirming fears that the disaster had claimed a 'lost generation'(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum) -
AFP/File - Fri Nov 11, 2:50 AM ET
Pakistani porters carry bags of relief on the Line of Control which links the Indian Kaman Post with Chakhoti in Pakistan. Children likely make up half of the 74,000 people who died in the South Asian quake, the United Nations says, confirming fears that the disaster had claimed a 'lost generation'(AFP/File/Banaras Khan) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 5:22 AM ET
Pakistani students of Balakot High School pray on the mass-grave of their colleagues, who were killed in Oct. 8 massive earthquake, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. International lenders estimate damages and reconstruction costs from Pakistan's deadly earthquake will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), newspaper reports said Friday, as doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 5:24 AM ET
Pakistani students of Balakot High School pray on the mass-grave of their colleagues, who were killed in Oct. 8 massive earthquake, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. International lenders estimate damages and reconstruction costs from Pakistan's deadly earthquake will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), newspaper reports said Friday, as doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 5:28 AM ET
Pakistani mother Mumtaz Begum lays a floral wreath on a mass-grave of the Balakot High School students, who were killed in Oct. 8 massive earthquake, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. International lenders estimate damages and reconstruction costs from Pakistan's deadly earthquake will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), newspaper reports said Friday, as doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 5:30 AM ET
Pakistani laborers work on the reconstruction of Balakot High School, which was collapsed in the Oct. 8 massive earthquake, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. International lenders estimate damages and reconstruction costs from Pakistan's deadly earthquake will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), newspaper reports said Friday, as doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 5:32 AM ET
Pakistani army troops carry a hut, specially built with tin sheet for earthquake survivors, at a camp in Balakot, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. International lenders estimate damages and reconstruction costs from Pakistan's deadly earthquake will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), newspaper reports said Friday, as doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 7:37 AM ET
Pakistani children survived the quake show their tags as they sit in a queue to get food at a military camp in Balakot, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. International lenders estimate damages and reconstruction costs from Pakistan's deadly earthquake will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), newspaper reports said Friday, as doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 7:41 AM ET
Pakistani police strike earthquake survivors during a protest in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov 11, 2005. Pakistani police using canes and rifle butts broke up a march Friday by earthquake survivors protesting their eviction from a makeshift refugee camp. Several demonstrators were injured and others arrested. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 7:43 AM ET
Pakistani police officers grabs an earthquake survivor during a protest in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov 11, 2005. Pakistani police using canes and rifle butts broke up a march Friday by earthquake survivors protesting their eviction from a makeshift refugee camp. Several demonstrators were injured and others arrested. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 7:51 AM ET
Pakistani police strike earthquake survivors during a protest in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov 11, 2005. Pakistani police using canes and rifle butts broke up a march Friday by earthquake survivors protesting their eviction from a makeshift refugee camp. Several demonstrators were injured and others arrested. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 8:32 AM ET
Kashmiri earthquake survivors shout slogans during a protest in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov 11, 2005. Pakistani police using canes and rifle butts broke up a march Friday by earthquake survivors protesting their eviction from a makeshift refugee camp. Several demonstrators were injured and others arrested. (AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 8:34 AM ET
Pakistani police officers detain an earthquake survivor during a protest rally in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. Pakistani police using canes and rifle butts broke up a march Friday by earthquake survivors protesting what they said were orders to evict them from a makeshift refugee camp. Police denied, however, that they were forcing people to leave. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 8:36 AM ET
Kashmiri earthquake survivors shout slogans during a protest in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov 11, 2005. Pakistani police using canes and rifle butts broke up a march Friday by earthquake survivors protesting their eviction from a makeshift refugee camp. Several demonstrators were injured and others arrested. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 9:18 AM ET
A Kashmiri earthquake women survivor cook whils others share smiles outside tent at refugee camp in Muzaffarabat, Pakistan, Friday. Nov 11, 2005. international lenders estimate quake damages and reconstruction costs will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), while doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) -
Reuters - Fri Nov 11, 9:19 AM ET
KashmirI earthquake survivors line-up to register to receive relief goods in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administrated Kashmir, November 11, 2005. Pakistani police wielded clubs against people living in an informal tent camp in the earthquake-hit city of Muzaffarabad on Friday, after they protested against plans to evict them, witnesses said. Aid organisations are alarmed at the potential for diseases in several spontaneous camps that have sprung up in the quake zone, and the World Health Organisation is testing to see whether cholera has already broken out. REUTERS/Amiruddin Mughal -
AP - Fri Nov 11, 9:42 AM ET
A Pakistani earthquake survivor girl Mahvish Khan, 6, holds her brother Sameer Khan, 2, as she sits outside her tent at a camp in Balakot, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. International lenders estimate damages and reconstruction costs from Pakistan's deadly earthquake will total almost US$5 billion (euro4.25 billion), newspaper reports said Friday, as doctors struggled to contain disease outbreaks and rain compounded the misery of thousands of homeless. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)