Devastated by floods and overwhelmed by bodies, Nepalis weep for what remains of their home

 

 

"In an effort to speed up the identification exercise, local officials have adopted a macabre approach of simply asking people to go through pictures of the bodies and look for identifying features: a necklace, a wedding ring, a tattoo, a scar. Photos of those recovered have been placed on to PowerPoint slideshows, for relatives to sit patiently through, and have been uploaded to the Nepal police website. Outside the morgue in the capital, Kathmandu, photographs of the dead inside have been posted on the walls."

 

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Devastated by floods and overwhelmed by bodies, Nepalis weep for what remains of their homes | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster | The Guardian