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.

A man mourns by the body of a woman killed in Saturday's earthquake at Pashupathinath temple in Kathmandu. ─ Reuters

An elderly Nepalese woman prays at a temple damaged in the earthquake in Kathmandu. ─ AP

A Nepalese couple whose house was damaged in the earthquake sits outside their makeshift camp on a roadside in Kathmandu. ─ AP

A Nepalese man feeds pigeons amidst the rubble in Kathmandu. ─ AP

A Nepalese couple in Kathmandu rides past earthquake-damaged buildings carrying a sack of wheat flour. ─ AP

Nepalese people read newspapers in the morning from a roadside vendor in Kathmandu. ─ AP

Municipal workers sweep a pavement near earthquake-damaged buildings in Kathmandu. ─ AP

Nepalese policemen arrive at Durbar Square to secure the place damaged in the earthquake, in Kathmandu. ─ AP