Burma earthquake – in pictures

Residents sleep outside the city hall after being evacuated following the earthquake in Thailand's Chiang Rai province, near the Burmese border, in the early hours of 25 March. The quake killed one person in Chiang Rai, and more than 70 people across the border in Burma's Shan state Photograph: Stephan Wei/EPA

Damage caused by the earthquake in Tachilek, in Burma, near the Thai border. In Burma's Shan state it destroyed 244 houses, nine government offices and 14 Buddhist monasteries, government-run television reported Photograph: World Vision Myanmar /EPA

People in Burma inspect large cracks in a road two days after the quake Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

Burmese volunteers assemble kits with basic cooking utensils, rice and canned food as well as medicine, donated by local residents Photograph: Udo Weitz/EPA

A Burmese girl sits in a makeshift relief tent, two days after the quake Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

Survivors of the earthquake head for temporary shelters in Tarlay. Three days after the quake, rescue teams struggled to reach those affected Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

A child has a check-up from a volunteer doctor at a relief centre in Tarlay Photograph: SOE THAN WIN/AFP/Getty Images

Residents queue to receive food and other essentials at a makeshift relief centre in Tarlay Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

Residents reach out for food packages being delivered in Tarlay Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

Red Cross volunteers take a break at a temporary rescue camp in Tarlay Photograph: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

Survivors of the earthquake sit in a makeshift tent at the side of a road near Tarlay after their house was destroyed Photograph: SOE THAN WIN/AFP/Getty Images

A woman looks for clothes at her damaged house in Tarlay. Following the quake, the government dispatched a team of doctors to the area and invited foreign aid agencies to assist quake victims Photograph: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

Burmese police clear debris from a destroyed building in Tarlay. Aid workers praised Burma's regime for its speedy response to the quake, in contrast to the aftermath of previous disasters to strike the country Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

A resident stands amid debris at a destroyed monastery in Mai Lin, near Tarlay Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

Residents in Tarlay make offerings to earth spirits to ward off future earthquakes Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/REUTERS