Italy, Amatrice : rescuers in action on August 24, 2016 in Amatrice after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy. The earthquake left 38 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country's civil protection unit said in the first official death toll. Scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry in communities close to the epicentre of the quake, which had a magnitude of between 6.0 and 6.2,

Nepali residents take part in a candle lighting ceremony for those lost in the earthquake on a street in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 4, 2015. On April 25, 2015, Nepal suffered a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killing over 7,000 people and injuring thousands more.

A victim of the Nepal earthquake is cremated in a traditional Bhuddist funeral ceremony in the village of Thame, in the Solukhumbu region, near Mount Everest on April 30, 2015.

The brother of the victim (foreground) helps set up the funeral pyre made of big logs of wood.

A candle is placed in the middle of the pyre as part of the prayer to the victim.

Bhuddist monks get ready to start the ceremony, preparing instruments and choosing prayers.

The body of the victim is brought to the pyre, hidden from view by a sheet.

In accordance with Buddhist custom, the corpse is not cremated laying flat, but instead is seated upright inside the wooden structure with its head up.

Villagers chop more wood in order to fully cover the corpse.

The ceremony begins with chanting as the fire is lit.

Devotional objects and offerings that will be thrown into the fire. Goodwill is created by these gifts and it is believed that goodwill helps the lingering spirit of the dead person.

The victim's brother blows a conch during the Buddhist chants.

The fire is controlled by pulling a sheet to keep the harsh wind from blowing too hard on it.

The fire is controlled by pulling a sheet to keep the harsh wind from blowing too hard on it.

The members of the village share rice liquor as the ceremony continues with more prayers and offerings thrown into the fire.

The fire burns more on the part facing the top of the hill, so, when it eventually crumbles, it will not roll down the hill.

The logs of the funeral pyre are pushed to the back to remain in place.

Everybody shares a moment of reverence, but without dramatization.

The setting of the ceremony.

Portrait of monks attending the ceremony. The monks come with the family to the funeral. The family and all their friends give food and candles to the monks that will be used in the ceremony.

The stretcher used by the villagers to carry the body of the deceased to the top of a hill near the village for the cremation ceremony.

For the cremation ceremony, the body is covered by a sheet and Khatas, traditional ceremonial scarves which symbolize purity and compassion.

A Bhuddist monk from a nearby monastery, who lost his mother in the earthquake that hit Nepal.

The situation is especially severe for children. A woman and child have been displaced along with other members of their neighborhood who also lost their homes.

People who lost their homes set up makeshift shelters along the river.

A family made homeless by erosion and flooding along the Padma River dry cloth on the riverbank.

Rohim Shekh, 72, walks through an area devastated by Cyclone Aila in 2007. He was displaced by the Cyclone, which many now see as a result of climate change.

A school building affected by Cyclone Sidr in 2009.

This community was devastated by cyclones Aila in 2007 and Sidr in 2009. People here still face hardships from these catastrophic events, some of them traveling miles for fresh water.

This community was devastated by cyclones Aila in 2007 and Sidr in 2009. People here still face hardships from these catastrophic events, some of them traveling miles for fresh water.

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