Nepal mourns quake victims in cremation ceremonies
By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2015-05-05 19:24:24
People clean the body of a quake victim beside the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. More than 7,000 people have been reported dead since the earthquake struck on April 25. Nepalese authorities estimate the death toll will exceed 10,000. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
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People prepare the body of a quake victim for burial by washing it in the waters of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A man prepares to cremate the body of a quake victim in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Photo: Cui Meng/GT People pray for a quake victim in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Pictured is the body of a victim to be cremated at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Hindu burial tradition instructs that bodies are to be cremated and their ashes scattered into a river in the belief that the soul will be freed and return to heaven. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A man adds firewood to a funeral pyre at a crematorium in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Crematorium workers burn the bodies of quake victims according to Hindu funerary traditions in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. A total 80 percent of Nepalese believe in Hinduism. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A crematorium worker burns corpses at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Only Hindus are allowed to enter the temple at Pashupatinath. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A doctor (right) from China’s civilian Rescue Team of Ramunion (RTR) sprays disinfectant beside a crematorium worker in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Crematorium workers push the remains of bodies into the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30, 2015. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A man mourns the death of a family member on a platform used in washing bodies during funerary preparations in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30. Photo: Cui Meng/GT People watch the cremation of quake victims. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Families of victims cry beside cremation ghats in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A family member of an earthquake victim cries while embracing a boy in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30. Photo: Cui Meng/GT People watch crematory rites at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30. Photo: Cui Meng/GT