KATHMANDU: Amid ongoing relief efforts, search and rescue operations and cleanup, residents begin picking up the pieces in Nepal and adapting to a new normal.

As the death toll of Saturday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake passes 6,000, authorities fear casualties may rise to nearly 10,000. Nearly 14,000 people have been injured in what is believed to be the worst earthquake in the region.

Nepalese authorities, despite receiving aid, are severely overburdened when it comes to accommodating the sheer numbers of the affected. The UN has said that eight million people have been affected, with at least two million in need of tents, water, food and medicines over the next three months.

Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat's initial estimate for the rebuilding of homes, hospitals, government offices and historic buildings stands at $2 billion.