Nepal marks quake anniversary with prayers and tears

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (C) attends a ceremony to lay a foundation stone to rebuild a temple destroyed in the earthquake a year ago, on April 25, 2016 in Kathmandu.-AFP

The ceremony at the seventh-century Swayambhunath Temple complex came exactly a year after the quake struck, although the main commemorations for the dead were held Sunday, the anniversary by the Nepali calendar.   

One of the Buddhist temples at the spectacular hilltop complex, a UNESCO world heritage site, was completely destroyed by the 7.8-magnitude quake.