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Sept. 17, 2024
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Nepalese carry the body of a relative killed in the massive earthquake to the Pashupatinath temple, on the banks of Bagmati River, for cremation.
(Manish Swarup / Associated Press)Hindu funeral pyres have been burning near the Bagmati River almost around the clock. But these solemn ceremonies represent only a fraction of the disaster’s victims.
Nepalese currency is placed on an earthquake victim’s body during a cremation ceremony at Pashupatinath temple.
(Manish Swarup / Associated Press)A Nepalese man consoles a friend during the cremation ceremony for a relative.
(Manish Swarup / Associated Press)A Hindu priest lights a funeral pyre on the banks of the Bagmati River.
(Manish Swarup / Associated Press)Suresh, 16, watches as a priest prepares the funeral pyre for his younger brother Umesh, 13, who was killed in Saturday’s earthquake.
(Manish Swarup / Associated Press)Monika Basnet, 15, holds her 10-year-old brother, Munal Basnet, as their father is cremated.
(Manish Swarup / Associated Press)A body has been prepared for cremation near the Bagmati River in Katmandu, Nepal.
(Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)Hindu funeral pyres burn along the Bagmati River in Katmandu, Nepal.
(Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)Sept. 17, 2024