A portrait of a family who died during the massive earthquake in April is carried by a family member during a parade to mark the Gai Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal August 30, 2015. - Reuters
KATHMANDU, Aug 30, 2015 (AFP) - Thousands of Nepalis walked in procession through the Kathmandu valley Sunday in a festival to commemorate the dead, which many mourning family members who died in a devastating earthquake.
The 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25 killed nearly 8,900 people and reduced some 600,000 houses to rubble across the impoverished Himalayan nation.
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