Photos: Himalayan quake toll rises

A resident, carring her child to school, walks past quake-damaged houses in Bhaktapur.  (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)

A resident shows a crack on the wall of a quake-damaged house in Bhaktapur.  (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)

Indian soldiers load relief material for earthquake victims in India’s northeast onto a plane at the Hindon air force station on the outskirts of New Delhi.  (Ho New/ Reuters)

In this photo taken with a mobile phone, the debris of a residential building is seen after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, in Lumsey, located near the northeastern Indian city of Gangtok.  (Stringer India / Reuters)

A novice monk looks over a damaged house after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Gangtok.  (Stringer India / Reuters)

Young monks walk past a damaged house after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Gangtok.  (Stringer India / Reuters)

Nepalese police search for casualties in the ruins of a quake-damaged house at Lokanthali in Bhaktapur.  (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)

Residents remove a motorbike that was buried in the ruins of a quake-damaged house at Lokanthali in Bhaktapur.  (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)

Residents search for casualties in the ruins of a quake-damaged house at Lokanthali in Bhaktapur.  (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)

Nepalese police search for casualties in the ruins of a quake-damaged house at Lokanthali in Bhaktapur.  (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)

The hands of a resident are seen covered with mud as rescuers search for casualties in the ruins of a quake-damaged house at Lokanthali in Bhaktapur.  (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)