article_snippet.sent: As efforts continue to rescue survivors from beneath the mounds of rubble across Kathmandu, the grieving Nepalese nation has begun the grim and daunting task of cremating the thousands of victims who were killed during Saturday's devastating earthquake.
article_snippet.sent: Family members stand next to the burning pyre of a family member at a cremation ground following the bodies of earthquake victims .
article_snippet.sent: Despite the sheer number of victims, mourning families are desperate to give mourning families loved one the honourable send-off so revered in Hindu tradition .
article_snippet.sent: Family members carry a body as Family members take a body for burial today in Kathmandu.
article_snippet.sent: The bodies of victims from the earthquake that hit Nepal and surrounding countries lie on the ground before being cremated .
article_snippet.sent: A boy cries over the body of A boy father at a cremation ground.
article_snippet.sent: A body is covered with a blanket close to the scene of a multi-cremation process at Bhaktapur, Nepal .
article_snippet.sent: Relatives of a victim who died in Saturday's earthquake mourn and say prayers before Relatives of a victim who died in Saturday's earthquake mourn and say prayers before their loved one's body is cremated along the river loved one's body is cremated along the river .
article_snippet.sent: A woman weeps and raises a hand to A woman head as A woman watches the cremation of a loved one at The sacred Hindu Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu .
article_snippet.sent: A young woman breaks down in tears during the cremation of an earthquake victim, near Kathmandu.
article_snippet.sent: Monika Basnet, 15, hold her brother Munal, 10, during the cremation of Monika Basnet, 15 father at Pashupatinath temple.
article_snippet.sent: A woman cries as the body of A woman relative is prepared for cremation along the river bank in the devastated Nepalese capital .
article_snippet.sent: A man stands next to the burning pyre of a family member at an overwhelmed cremation ground in Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu .
article_snippet.sent: Relatives of a quake victim clutch onto one another in heartbreaking silence as Relatives of a quake victim watch Relatives of a quake victim loved one being cremated in Kathmandu .