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Families balance hope and despair in race to findsurvivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing

The walls of a teaching hospital are filled with pictures of unidentified victims as authorities collect DNA samples and plan burials before morgues fill up

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Cait Kelly in Kathmandu30 Aug 2026, 12:27 amUpdated 1d ago1 min readAsiaAustralia

Australia — Cait Kelly in Kathmandu

Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing

The walls of a teaching hospital are filled with pictures of unidentified victims as authorities collect DNA samples and plan burials before morgues fill up

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Some of them are young, some old; most of them appear to be men. Some of them could be sleeping, except for the mud that covers their bodies. Some, it seems, would be impossible to recognise even if you knew them well.

Every few hours Nepalese authorities hang pictures of the deceased, who have not been identified, on a wall at the back of a teaching hospital in Kathmandu.

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Source: The Guardian · Cait Kelly in Kathmandu. Published 30 Aug 2026, 12:27 am.

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