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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Nicholsan helps an earthquake victim into an ambulance at a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal, May 12, 2015, after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake aftershock. Joint Task Force 505 and other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations deployed to Nepal to provide aid after the first earthquake struck April 25.

AFTERSHOCK ASSISTANCE

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Nicholsan helps an earthquake victim into an ambulance at a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal, May 12, 2015, after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake aftershock. Joint Task Force 505 and other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations deployed to Nepal to provide aid after the first earthquake struck April 25.

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