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Images: Faces of the Nepal Earthquake

The death toll from the Nepal earthquake as risen to more than 5,000 and could go as high as 15,000. For those who survived, the future is uncertain. The facial expressions of the surivors tell the stories of survival, pain, grief and happiness.

A Nepalese girl watches a rescue operation at an area that collapsed in Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu valley on Saturday devastating the region and leaving tens of thousands shellshocked and sleeping in streets. Nepalese have started wearing masks to prevent the spread of diseases. Associated Press
A Nepalese man performs rituals during the cremation of his mother who died in the earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said. Associated Press
A young girl sits in a makeshift shelter in the destroyed village of Paslang near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Military operations continue Tuesday to reach the isolated areas following the powerful earthquake that has devastated the nation and killed at least 4,400 people, according to district official Surya Mohan Adhikari. Associated Press
A Nepalese woman and her child leave Kathmandu for their hometown by bus after a recent earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu valley on Saturday, devastating the region and leaving tens of thousands shellshocked and sleeping in streets. Associated Press
Sukhmaya Jamang, 60, waits for international aid to be unloaded in the destroyed village of Balua, near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. Associated Press
Pashmina Ghaley, 10, left, and her friend Ramina Bhujel, 10, pal around in the destroyed village of Balua, near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. Associated Press
An elderly woman waits for relief aid in her destroyed village of Balua, near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. Associated Press
Elder men watch international relief aid being unloaded in their destroyed village of Balua, near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. A strong magnitude earthquake shook Nepal on Saturday devastating the region and leaving some thousands shellshocked and displaced. Associated Press
Pemba Tamang, 15, recovers at the Israeli field hospital for earthquake victims after being rescued in an operation led by a Nepalese team with American responders from the U.S. Agency for International Development assisting them, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. Crowds cheered Thursday as Tamang was pulled, dazed and dusty, from the wreckage of a seven-story Kathmandu building that collapsed around him five days ago when an enormous earthquake shook Nepal. Associated Press
A Nepalese man looks out from the window at a bus terminal in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Many Kathmandu residents are traveling home to their villages to check on their families or for fear of living in the city where hundreds of thousands of people are still living in the open without clean water or sanitation since Saturday's massive earthquake. Associated Press
An elderly villager sit in the evening sun with a blanket in the destroyed village of Paslang near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Military operations continue Tuesday to reach the isolated areas following the powerful earthquake that has devastated the nation and killed at least 4,400 people, according to district official Surya Mohan Adhikari. Associated Press
An elder woman has a cigarette as she sits in a makeshift shelter in the destroyed village of Paslang near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Military operations continue Tuesday to reach the isolated areas following the powerful earthquake that has devastated the nation and killed at least 4,400 people, according to district official Surya Mohan Adhikari. Associated Press
Bhoj Kumar Thappa, 30, stands on his collapsed home where his wife and unborn child were killed during Saturday's massive earthquake in Paslang village in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Military operations continue Tuesday to reach the isolated areas following the powerful earthquake that has devastated the nation and killed at least 4,400 people, according to district official Surya Mohan Adhikari. Associated Press
Earthquake injured Jai Prakash lies outside a public hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Prakash's five-year-old brother Aros was killed in Saturday's massive earthquake. Many people have camped outdoors in the chilly night cold since the quake that shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu valley. Associated Press
In this Monday, April 27, 2015, photo provided by the International Nepal Fellowship, a woman is seen standing at her collapsed home in the village of Pokhridada, in Gorkha district, about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) from the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake in Nepal. Associated Press
A child injured in Saturday's earthquake, is carried by a Nepalese soldier after being evacuated as they wait to disembark from an Indian Air Force helicopter at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. The death toll from Nepal's earthquake is expected to rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster.
Prabina Mainali, feeds her newly born baby boy - not even a day old - in a makeshift tent situated in open ground from fear of earthquake tremors, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. A strong magnitude earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu valley on Saturday devastating the region and leaving tens of thousands shellshocked and sleeping in streets. Associated Press
Deepa Shrestha closes her eyes, her hands clasped in prayer, as she stands with hundreds of others during a community gathering and prayer organized by the Nepal Seattle Society at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center in Bothell, Wash. on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Associated Press / Lindsey Wasson/The Seattle Times
Earthquake injured Nepalese man Suresh Parihar plays with his daughter Sankhya at a hospital, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said. Associated Press
Family members break down during the cremation of an earthquake victim in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said. Associated Press
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