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Desperate Rohingya Mark Eid In Indonesia Limbo

Rohingya refugee Abdul Aziz was in high school when he first fled to Indonesia, but four years on, he remains in limbo, desperately missing home at the start of Eid al-Fitr festivities.

International Business Times

‘It’s beyond description’: Bodies pile up in mass graves as Myanmar grapples with quake toll

In Sagaing, the epicentre of the quake, the stench is becoming unbearable as a country wracked by civil war bears the burden of burying thousands killed in Friday’s disaster

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar To Hold Minute Of Silence For More Than 2,000 Quake Dead

Myanmar will hold a minute of silence on Tuesday in tribute to victims of a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people, buckling roads and flattening buildings as far away as Bangkok.

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'Noble Work' Of Buddhist Cremations After Myanmar Quake

The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, too young to have been named.

International Business Times

US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise

Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the population eventually pays the price. The earthquakes that struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, collapsing buildings and causing over 2,700 deaths, were a sobering reminder of the risks and the need for preparation.

The Conversation

AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage

Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian county’s second-largest city

The Independent UK

‘We were the lucky ones’, says Burmese student after home damaged in earthquake

Aung Kaung Myat was unable to contact his parents for several hours when he first heard the news of the earthquake on Friday.

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Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000

The Guardian - UK

“Angels”: Nurses Go Viral For Risking Their Lives To Protect Newborns During Myanmar Earthquake

"Angels. That’s the only word for them." The post “Angels”: Nurses Go Viral For Risking Their Lives To Protect Newborns During Myanmar Earthquake first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Myanmar earthquake: China and others step into aid gap left by Trump cuts

US president accused of blowing up country’s ability to respond to disasters by removing funding

The Guardian - AU

Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guide

The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capital

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar earthquake death toll surpasses 2,000 amid worsening humanitarian crisis

Myanmar, where an ongoing civil war began in 2021, was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in.

Euronews

Myanmar’s devastating earthquake captured in before-and-after satellite images

Satellite imagery shows the destruction caused by a devastating earthquake in Myanmar, which has killed at least 1,700 people in the country alone as of Sunday, 30 March according to figures from the military-run government.

The Independent UK

Families awaits news of missing workers at Bangkok collapsed building site

When the earthquake that hit Myanmar sent its aftershocks to Thailand, Naruemon Thonglek and Chanpen Kaewnoi didn’t immediately hear it also had collapsed a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok, where their friends and families had been working

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Kerry Katona narrowly avoided Bangkok earthquake

Kerry Katona has revealed she narrowly avoided being caught up in the earthquake which struck Bangkok, Thailand and killed more than 1,700 people in neighbouring Myanmar on Friday (28.03.25).

International Business Times

Thai Authorities Probe Collapse At Quake-hit Construction Site

Authorities in Thailand are investigating possible factors that led to the devastating collapse of a Bangkok construction site, where dozens remained missing on Monday, three days after a massive earthquake centred in Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Bangkok to review quake safety after collapse of high-rise leaves dozens missing

The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise under construction collapsed during an earthquake Friday that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital

International Business Times

Tears In Taiwan For Relatives Hit By Myanmar Quake

As images of destroyed buildings in earthquake-hit Myanmar flashed across her television screen in Taiwan, Yang Bi-ying could only weep for her family there.

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'Devastated': Relatives Await News From Bangkok Building Collapse

Three days after a Bangkok skyscraper collapsed in the wake of a devastating earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar, Naruemol Thonglek is still praying that her boyfriend will emerge from the immense pile of rubble where the building once stood.

The Guardian - UK

‘I stopped counting after three’: the ‘girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war

The country’s drawn out conflict has seen children recruited as soldiers on all sides. At the age of 18, Anina is a seasoned fighter with a feared reputation in her all-male resistance unit

The Independent UK

Survivors pulled from rubble 60 hours after Myanmar quake

Survivors continue to be pulled from Myanmar earthquake rubble 60 hours after disaster

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar healthcare facilities overwhelmed, WHO says, and scale of earthquake deaths and injuries ‘not fully understood’ – as it happened

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivors

International Business Times

Prayers And Tears For Eid In Quake-hit Mandalay

Hundreds of grieving Muslims gathered for Eid prayers in the street in Mandalay on Monday, the death and destruction of Myanmar's huge earthquake casting a pall of anguish over the occasion.

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How a devastating natural disaster has been made worse by Myanmar’s brutal civil war

In today’s newsletter: With time running out to find survivors of Friday’s earthquake, Myanmar’s ruling junta continues air strikes and controls aid distribution

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar earthquake: woman trapped for days pulled alive from the rubble

Brief moment of relief as rescue workers carry a woman from the rubble of a hotel in Mandalay after a five-hour operation

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