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Across central Nepal, including in Kathmandu, the capital, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in the open without clean water or sanitation since Saturday’s massive earthquake, one of the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years.

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A Nepalese woman carries her child as she walks on a street at a closed market in Kathmandu.Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press

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A victim with a broken leg from Saturday's massive earthquake, gives her details to Nepalese soldiers as she arrives by helicopter from the heavily-damaged Ranachour village at a landing zone in the town of Gorkha, Nepal.Wally Santana/The Associated Press

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Survivors of Saturday's earthquake play outside their tents at a makeshift camp in Kathmandu, Nepal.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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A survivor of Saturday's earthquake plays with his son in Kathmandu, Nepal.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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A 10-month-old baby with a head injury, whose mother didn't survive the devastating earthquake in Nepal and whose father is critically injured, receives treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu.Prakash Mathema/AFP / Getty Images

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Water is distributed to Nepalese people at a camp set up in the wake of a devastating earthquake in Kathmandu.Prakash Singh/AFP / Getty Images

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Nepalese people stand in line for water at a camp set up in the wake of a devastating earthquake in Kathmandu.Prakash Singh/AFP / Getty Images

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A Nepalese girl combs her hairs in a camp set up in the wake of a devastating earthquake in Kathmandu.Prakash Singh/AFP / Getty Images

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Nepalese people stand in line for water at a camp set up in the wake of a devastating earthquake in Kathmandu.Prakash Singh/AFP / Getty Images

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People injured in the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal are treated in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu.Palani Mohan/AFP / Getty Images

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