Nepal earthquake: 5,000 dead, mass cremations across country

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A relative places a flower over a body of his family member, who died in Saturday’s earthquake, during a cremation along a river in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Reuters)

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People carry a woman as she fainted after performing the last rites of her family members, who died in Saturday’s earthquake, during a cremation along a river in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Reuters)

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A man carries wood for pyre to burn the bodies of victims of Saturday’s earthquake, during the cremation along a river in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Reuters)

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An injured girl is carried by a Nepal Army personnel to a helicopter following Saturday’s earthquake in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal. (Reuters)

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A monk walks past the collapsed monastery and shrines at Swoyambhunath Stupa, a UNESCO world heritage site, after Saturday’s earthquake in Kathmandu. (Reuters)

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Emergency search and rescue teams stand for inspection before heading to Nepal in response to a strong earthquake at the Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. (AP)

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Indian rescue workers carry on their work as Nepalese relatives carry the body of an earthquake victim for cremation, in Kathmandu, Nepal ,Tuesday. (AP)

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The last flames rise from a cremation pyre of a victim of Saturday’s earthquake at the Pashupatinath temple on the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal. (AP)

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A victim with a broken leg from Saturday’s massive earthquake, gives her details to Nepalese soldiers as she arrives by helicopter from the heavily-damaged Ranachour village at a landing zone in the town of Gorkha, Nepal. (AP)

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An elderly woman with a broken hand from Saturday’s massive earthquake, is assisted by Nepalese police as she arrives by helicopter from the heavily-damaged Ranachour village at a landing zone in the town of Gorkha, Nepal. (AP)

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In this photo provided by the International Nepal Fellowship, an elderly woman is seen standing at her collapsed home in the village of Pokhridada, in Gorkha district, about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) from the epicenter of Saturday’s massive earthquake in Nepal. (AP)

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Relatives mourn next to the body of their relative, who died in Saturday’s earthquake, during a cremation along a river in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Reuters)

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A man walks next to the burning pyre of a family member, who died in Saturday’s earthquake, during the cremation along a river in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Reuters)

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A man stands next to the body of a family member, who died in Saturday’s earthquake, during the cremation along a river in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Reuters)

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A boy points towards the burning pyres of his family members, who died in Saturday’s earthquake, during the cremation along a river in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Reuters)