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Update news Nepal quake
Thousands of schools damaged during April's devastating earthquake in Nepal have begun to re-open.
On 1 April, 2014, a Magnitude 8.2 earthquake rocked northern Chile. Six people died, 2,500 homes were damaged and 80,000 people were displaced. Just over one year later, a M7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal.
To Nepal, officials have announced that the death toll from last week's earthquake has surpassed 7,040. Over 14,000 people are also known to have been injured. As of Saturday, around 2.5 million people were living in temporary shelters.