Birendra Karmacharya carries his son Saksham Karmacharya, 4, as they walk past the debris of collapsed houses while heading towards the school, a month after the April 25 earthquake, in Bhaktapur, Nepal May 31, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Thousands of children affected by last month's earthquake in Nepal returned to schools on Sunday, a working day in the Himalayan nation, five weeks after the disaster killed more than 8,600 people and destroyed many homes.
Dressed informally, children clutched their parents' hands before filing past ruins of collapsed buildings to enter tarpaulin tents and makeshift cottages that will serve as their schools until their old one is re-built.
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