Just after lunchtime on Friday, a roomful of children at a preschool in central Myanmar laid down for their afternoon nap when the earth began to shake. The walls of the two-story Bright Kids Private School started to creak and rumble.

Rescue workers have saved a 63-year-old woman from earthquake rubble in Myanmar’s capital, but hope is fading of finding many more survivors

The ruling junta has vowed to continue military operations that include airstrikes against rebel groups, even as aid organizations struggle to reach devastated areas.