Earthquake-affected residents charge their phones on the ground in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
YANGON, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Friday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 2,056, with approximately 3,900 people injured and nearly 270 reported missing, according to the country's State Administration Council Information Team on Monday.
International and domestic rescuers have been racing against time to save more lives in the quake-affected areas.
The first batch of disaster-relief material offered by the Chinese government arrived in Myanmar on Monday. ■
Earthquake-affected residents have a meal in woods by a road in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
Earthquake-affected residents rest in woods by a road in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
Earthquake-affected residents rest in woods by a road in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
Earthquake-affected children rest in woods by a road in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
Earthquake-affected residents rest by a road in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
A woman makes dinner by a road in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)
Rescuers carry out rescue work in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
Rescuers carry out rescue work in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Rescuers carry out rescue work in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Rescuers carry out rescue work in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Chao)
Rescuers transfer a rescued woman in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Rescuers carry out rescue work in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Chao)
Rescuers carry out rescue work in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Local residents gather at a rescue site in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
