The death toll rises in Nepal as flooding and landslides wreak havoc in the Kathmandu Valley.

Tibetan woman preparing wool for carding

Carding wool

Spinning wool

MS Shot over Pashupatinath, Buddhism death / Kathmandu, Nepal

MS Sand pile from mandala being pushed around / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

MS Buddhist monks at Kopan monastery putting away rectangular prism of scriptures into a shrine / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

MS Shot over public cremation, Pashupatinath, Buddhism death, burn, cremate / Kathmandu, Nepal

MS ZO two men working on sand painting / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

MS PAN Colorful design of Buddhist mandala sand painting / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

MS ZI Man nearly completing mandala sand painting AUDIO / Kathmandu, Central Region, Nepal

MS ZI Tow monk filling in outline of Buddhist mandala sand painting / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

Dakshinkali Hindu Temple a place of animal sacrifices to Hindu Goddess nr Kathmandu, Kathmandu valley, Nepal, Asia

CU ZO Monks pushing sand on table with clothes / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

A shot showing Mount Everest and nearby peaks Lhotse and Nuptse.

Terracotta

Grooming monkeys

MS ZO PAN Monks playing horn instrument, kangling, during band practice / Kathmandu, Central Region,Nepal

MS Metal rod rubbing against chakpu funnel tool being used to make Buddhist mandala sand paintings / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

MS Carving of childbirth on beam of Buddhist temple / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

ECU Painting mandala details with sand / Kathmandu, Central Region, Nepal

CU TD PAN Monk painting mandala with red sand / Kathmandu, Central Region, Nepal

MS View of Stone carvings on outside of building / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal

WS People carrying out funeral rituals over body of deceased woman laid out on steps of river / Kathmandu, Central, Nepal