The military authorities in Myanmar has said at least 2, 000 people were killed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit next Friday.
” A death toll over 10, 000 is a powerful possibility”, according to the US Geological Survey.
The Burmese army, which has recently dismissed civilian casualties after another massive biological disasters, is not allowing foreign journalists into the region.
From adjacent Thailand, BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been building a photo of the effects of the collapse in the worst affected places that we know on.
Produced by Thanyarat Doksone. Pictures by Mesut Ersoz. Verification by Benedict Garman, Paul Brown, Kumar Malhotra, Emma Pengelly, Jake Horton