Kathmandu, Nepal, before and after the earthquake – in pictures
Many of the capital’s landmark buildings and temples, some in world heritage sites, were badly damaged in Saturday’s earthquake
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Dharahara, also called Bhimsen Tower, a nine-storey tower built in 1832
Photograph: Ian Trower/JAI/Corbis
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Only the base of the tower remains after most of it collapsed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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The Gaddi Durbar palace, built in 1908, in Dubar Square, which was full of temples and palaces and is a Unesco world heritage site
Photograph: Alamy
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The Gaddi Durbar is surrounded by collapsed temples after the earthquake reduced some of Kathmandu’s most beautiful architecture to rubble
Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
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Swayambhunath, seen here in 2010, an ancient religious complex of shrines and temples
Photograph: Michele Falzone/JAI/Corbis
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A monk walks past the badly damaged monastery and shrines at Swayambhunath
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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Patan Durbar Square, a world heritage site in the Lalitpur district of Nepal, photographed in 2010
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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Remains of the temples in Patan Durbar Square reduced to rubble by the earthquake
Photograph: Omar Havana/Getty Images
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A satellite image shows Kathmandu’s historic centre before the earthquake, left, and after, right
Photograph: Airbus Defence And Space/EPA
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Basantapur Durbar Square, containing a pillar and statue of Garuda, a Hindu divine character
Photograph: Nadeem Khawar/Flickr Vision
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The pillar in Basantapur Durbar Square is partially damaged after the earthquake
Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP
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Ancient buildings in Basantapur Durbar Square
Photograph: Horizon Images/Motion/Alamy
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How Basantapur Durbar Square looks now with several buildings collapsed
Photograph: NurPhoto/Rex Shutterstock
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Satellite before and after images show an area of ground in Kathmandu used as an open air shelter after the earthquake
Photograph: Airbus Defence And Space/EPA
