How the dimensions of loss is clearer one week on

Greater than 3,000 individuals had been killed by final week’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake, Myanmar’s army junta has stated. A whole lot extra persons are lacking and the toll is anticipated to rise.

Rescuers are nonetheless unable to achieve elements of the nation devastated by the quake.

Because the BBC’s Nick Beake explains, the BBC has been reporting from inside Myanmar in the course of the week, for the reason that catastrophe struck, revealing widespread devastation.

Some survivors have been pulled out from the rubble however many others haven’t been as lucky.