02 September 2026, Nepal, Kathmandu: Families who have lost hope of finding loved ones missing in the Rasuwa floods are creating funeral effigies out of kaas-kush (sacred grass) to perform their final rites. On Wednesday, dozens of these effigies were cremated in a mass funeral at Pashupati Aryaghat. The rituals were carried out according to Hindu traditions, drawing a large, solemn crowd to the cremation leer más site. Photo: Chandra Bahadur Ale/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa leer menos