CHITWAN, Nepal (AP) — Muna Khadka is aware of her 21-year-old son is lifeless, however she didn’t get an opportunity to see him earlier than his physique was dedicated to its cremation shroud.
Figuring out his destiny after the catastrophic floods that killed over 1,000 individuals in Nepal and China brings some consolation, however all she may do was contact his shroud for a second to say goodbye earlier than his cremation on Monday.
Muna Khadka, middle, mom of Aayush Khada, who was killed in flash floods, breaks down throughout her son’s cremation in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Muna Khadka, middle, mom of Aayush Khada, who was killed in flash floods, breaks down throughout her son’s cremation in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Krishna Khadka, father of Aayush Khada, who was killed in flash floods breaks down throughout his son’s cremation, in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Krishna Khadka, father of Aayush Khada, who was killed in flash floods breaks down throughout his son’s cremation, in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Onlookers watch as volunteers and rescuers carry the physique of a flash flood sufferer for mass burial in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Onlookers watch as volunteers and rescuers carry the physique of a flash flood sufferer for mass burial in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Relations and mates cremate Aayush Khada, who was killed in flash floods, in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Relations and mates cremate Aayush Khada, who was killed in flash floods, in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
At a mass burial floor in Nepal’s Chitwan district, the Hindu rituals of demise — cremation, prayer, the ultimate farewell — are being misplaced to the dimensions of the catastrophe as overwhelmed authorities are burying unidentified our bodies as a result of there are too many to maintain or establish individually.
Twelve extra our bodies have been fished out of the Narayani River in Chitwan, downriver from the areas hit by floods, previously day, and the deaths proceed to mount.
Nepalese military troopers search for our bodies of flash flood victims amid a rescue operation from a river in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepalese military troopers search for our bodies of flash flood victims amid a rescue operation from a river in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepalese military troopers wait after recovering our bodies of flash flood victims from a river in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepalese military troopers wait after recovering our bodies of flash flood victims from a river in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
One other physique arrives. One other gurney. One other journey throughout the sodden earth. Officers carry the gurneys, the stark white of their protecting fits jarring in opposition to Chitwan’s lush inexperienced, nonetheless alive because the lifeless maintain arriving.
Nepal’s paramilitary drive personnel put together the our bodies of flash flood victims for burial at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepal’s paramilitary drive personnel put together the our bodies of flash flood victims for burial at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepal’s paramilitary drive personnel carry the physique of a flash flood sufferer for burial at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepal’s paramilitary drive personnel carry the physique of a flash flood sufferer for burial at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepal’s paramilitary drive personnel carry the physique of a flash flood sufferer for burial at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Nepal’s paramilitary drive personnel carry the physique of a flash flood sufferer for burial at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Numbered identification tags positioned inside pots mark the graves of flash flood victims at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
Numbered identification tags positioned inside pots mark the graves of flash flood victims at a mass burial website in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin)
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