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Nepal holds funerals without bodies
Families in Nepal are conducting funeral rites without bodies one month after devastating floods hit the country. Search teams continue to dig through mud and debris to find the remains of those lost in the disaster.
Nirajan Poudel, who lost 5 family members including his father and mother, reported searching for their bodies for 8 days without success. He performed a final farewell by burning effigies made of Kush, a sacred grass used in rituals. Thousands of people remain missing as recovery efforts continue.
AI-assisted briefing based on the sources below.Sources behind this story
- Official sourceNepal: the drama of funerals without bodies
L'Osservatore Romano
- Official source@VaticanNewsNepal, the drama of funerals without bodies and the thousands of people still missing
Vatican News
How the coverage unfolded
- Sep 29, 6:14 AM L'Osservatore Romano Italiano Nepal: il dramma dei funerali senza corpi
- Sep 30, 1:00 AM Vatican News Italiano Nepal, il dramma dei funerali senza corpi e le migliaia di persone ancora disperse
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