2016 Photo Contest, General News, 3rd prize

An Earthquake's Aftermath

Photographer

Daniel Berehulak

The New York Times

30 April, 2015

Villagers in Charikot, Nepal, look on as a helicopter that has brought food relief and supplies prepares to take off again.

Just before noon on 25 April, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck northwest of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, followed by a series of severe aftershocks. More than 8,000 people were killed, and some 21,000 injured. Homes, buildings and temples were destroyed in the capital, but rural mountainous districts were hardest hit. Although relief teams arrived from around the world to assist, people in remote villages, rendered inaccessible by the quake, had initially to fend for themselves. Across the region some 2.8 million people were made homeless.

About the photographer

Daniel Berehulak

A native of Sydney, Australia, and a regular contributor to The New York Times, he has visited more than 60 countries covering history-shaping events, including the Iraq and Afgh...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/1000
Focal length
35.0 mm
F-Stop
8.0
ISO
1250

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