Families perform symbolic funerals for missing Nepal flood victims
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Families of flood victims
Nepal
Early September 2026
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Families in Nepal are holding symbolic funerals for loved ones missing after devastating floods. Effigies made of kusha grass are being used as hopes for finding survivors fade.
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