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Photos: See the aftermath of the earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand

By NPR Staff

Published March 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM EDT

A Buddhist monk walks past the damaged Mandalay Palace during sunset in Mandalay on March 31, 2025, three days after the deadly Myanmar earthquake.

Updated March 30, 2025 at 01:07 AM ET

Editor's note: Images may contain graphic content.

The death toll from the powerful earthquake in Myanmar Friday has climbed to more than 2,000, and officials say they expect that number to rise even further. The search for those still buried under the rubble, meanwhile, continues. One woman was pulled out of the wreckage of a 12-story apartment building in Mandalay alive.

Beneath the historic temples of Mandalay, the destructive power of Myanmar's worst earthquake in a century is clear to see. The country's second-largest city bore the full force of the disaster.

At the Sky Villa condominium, rescue workers were digging through the rubble with their hands. Ninety people were feared to be trapped. The building housed apartments and a wedding venue, but its 12 stories now resemble six after it pancaked in seconds.

The first shipments of international aid arrived at the airport in the former capital, Yangon. They came from neighboring China and India and included search and rescue and medical teams, as well as blankets, and other provisions.

Indian and Myanmar rescuers carry a dead body at U Hla Thein Buddhist monastery that collapsed in Friday's earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, Monday, March 31, 2025.

Rescue personnel work at the site of a building that collapsed, following a strong earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 31, 2025.

A collapsed kindergarten near Mandalay, central Myanmar on March 30, 2025.

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A woman reacts while waiting for news of missing loved ones at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 30, 2025, two days after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand.

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K-9 units search for missing persons at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 30, 2025.

A woman clears debris in front of damaged houses in Mandalay on March 30, 2025.

Rescuers search through the rubble of a damaged building looking for survivors in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. — Rescuers search through the rubble of a damaged building looking for survivors in Mandalay on March 29, 2025.

This aerial photograph shows the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand.

Relatives wait for missing family members during a search operation for survivors at the site of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 29, 2025.

People watch as rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar.

Ye Aung (top) accompanies his wife Phyu Lay Khaing on their way to the hospital after she was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium apartment building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025.

People inspect the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake.

Motorists wait in line at a petrol station in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar.

A damaged pagoda is pictured in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar.

People drive on a motorbike past a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.

Members of the public anxiously wait for news on rescue operations at the Chatuchak skyscraper collapse site on March 29, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Heavy construction equipment is used to dig through the rubble as people look for survivors in a damaged building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025.

A rescue worker looks out over the rubble as teams attempt to free trapped residents at the destroyed Sky Villa Condominium development in Mandalay on March 29, 2025

People sleep in the open at Chatuchak park in Bangkok on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand.

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025.

People climb into a damaged building as they look for survivors in Mandalay on March 29, 2025.

Patients are attended to in a makeshift medical treatment area in the recreational hall of a hospital in Bangkok on March 29, 2025.

Rescue workers seen working at a collapsed building after an earthquake.

A building is damaged after an earthquake Friday, March 28, 2025, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

A resident carries belongings over debris next to a damaged building in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.