Families Turn to Symbolic Cremation After Nepal Floods

Thousands are missing, and some families have lost hope of recovering their bodies. To carry out his sacred duty, a son lights the funeral pyre for a straw effigy of his father.Darshan Bhattarai, center left, and Kamala Bhattarai, center right, at a cremation ceremony for Pushpa Raj Bhattarai at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday.