Bangladesh building collapse - in pictures

People and rescuers gather at the site of the collapse, in Savar, near Dhaka Photograph: A.M. Ahad/AP

The building collapsed at 9am on Wednesday, after workers had started their shifts Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Garment workers help pull a survivor out of the rubble using lengths of material Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Bangladeshi army units and fire service personnel are conducting rescue operations Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

A relative holds a picture of a missing garment worker who was in the Rana Plaza building when it collapsed Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

A fire service said they had rescued about 1,000 people from under the rubble Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA

Volunteers extricate an injured garment worker Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Dilara Begum, a garment worker who survived the accident, said staff were ordered to leave after a crack appeared in the wall of the building on Tuesday, but on Wednesday morning supervisors asked them to return to work, saying the building had been inspected and declared safe Photograph: A.M. Ahad/AP

Rescue workers carry a young victim's body out from the rubble Photograph: A.M. Ahad/AP

The building housed four garment factories, where an estimated 5,000 workers were employed, as well as a bank and some shops Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Relatives mourn a victim Photograph: A.M. Ahad/AP