Ενώ συνεχίζονται οι υπεράνθρωπες προσπάθειες διάσωσης των εγκλωβισμένων ανθρώπων από τα συντρίμμια του φονικού σεισμού των 7,9 βαθμών της κλίμακας Ρίχτερ και ο αριθμός των νεκρών αυξάνεται με ραγδαίους ρυθμούς αγγίζοντας τους 4.000, από το Σάββατο έχει ξεκινήσει και η διαδικασία αποτέφρωσης.

Εικόνες απόλυτης φρίκης δημοσιεύθηκαν από τις υπαίθριες μαζικές καύσεις νεκρών και προκαλούν σοκ.

Προσοχή οι εικόνες που ακολουθούν είναι αρκετά ''σκληρές''!

Source: National Geographic

 Honouring the dead: Volunteers are facing the daunting task of burning the bodies of earthquake victims following the tremor on Saturday
Flames: Family members stand next to the burning pyre of a family member at a cremation ground following the devastating earthquake 
Despite the sheer number of victims, mourning families are desperate to give their loved one the honourable send-off so revered in the Hindu tradition
 Mass: The cremations, which have been non-stop for three days, have been taking place next to the Bagmati river which divides Kathmandu
 'People are conducting the last rites wherever they can and without following the proper rituals,' a witness told IANS
Today, plumes of white smoke could be seen floating across Kathmandu, as hundreds of bodies were burned in the ghats beside the river
Almost every available space along the Bagmati river's banks and on its sandbank islands had been taken by the pyres
 Running out: The wood necessary to build the thousands of pyres which are used to burn the dead has started to run out
Family members carry a body as they take it for burial today in Kathmandu. The search operation to find survivors is still continuing 
Around these ceremonies, families gathered, wailing in grief for their loved ones. Scores of dead children were wrapped in orange and gold cloth on the ground, as their loved ones prayed for their souls in heartbreaking desperation