Jiang Fan / Xinhua / GettyThis photo shows search-and-rescue operations under way at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, on August 29, 2026.Rajesh Kumar Singh / APA drone view shows rescue workers inspecting damaged structures following flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.Niranjan Shrestha / APA student searches for her schoolbag in a pile of backpacks extracted from the mud in the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.Rajesh Kumar Singh / APA drone view of a bridge damaged by the flooding in the Tadi River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 29, 2026Dar Yasin / APPeople look at photographs of unidentified flood victims displayed outside a government hospital to help relatives identify their loved ones in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.Arun Sankar / AFP / GettyPolice personnel rescue stranded residents from a house buried in sludge after flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal, on August 27, 2026.Rajesh Kumar Singh / APDamaged homes filled with mud and debris are seen in Devighat, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.Daniel Ceng / Anadolu / GettyA rescue helicopter takes off for an evacuation operation in Nuwakot, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.Prabin Ranabhat / AFP / GettyRescued residents react as they meet family members at an army camp after the flooding, in Battar Bazar, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.Sameer Shrestha / Anadolu / GettyAn aerial view of the extensive destruction and debris deposits along the Trishuli River, following a catastrophic outburst flood in Bidur, Nepal, on August 28, 2026Daniel Ceng / Anadolu / GettyRescuers transfer belongings and debris from a house damaged by the flash flood, as search-and-rescue efforts continue in a town along the Trishuli River, in Nepal, on August 31, 2026.Sameer Shrestha / Anadolu / GettyAn aerial view of damaged and mud-covered solar panels along the Trishuli River in Bidur, Nepal, on August 28, 2026Niranjan Shrestha / APA partially buried truck on the bank of the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Dhading district on August 30, 2026Rajesh Kumar Singh / APRescue workers inspect damaged structures along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / GettySplashed mud dries on the door of a house in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / GettyA man climbs out of a window after searching for his belongings inside his house in Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / GettyA room is seen heavily covered in mud inside a flood-damaged house in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.Ritesh Shukla / GettyA cat walks through debris and mud left by the flooding in Devighat, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.Daniel Ceng / Anadolu / GettyA woman and her child living along the Trishuli River take shelter on higher ground after fleeing their home early in the morning, as authorities issued a new flash-flood warning, in Bidir, Nuwakot, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.Jigme Dorje / Xinhua / GettyA drone photo shows a mudslide-hit area in Nepal on August 27, 2026.Tenzing Nima Qadhup / Xinhua / GettyRescuers work in a mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, on August 29, 2026.Prakash Mathema / AFP / GettyArmy personnel conduct a search-and-rescue operation for flood victims along the Narayani River at Bharatpur in Nepal’s Chitwan district on August 30, 2026.Navesh Chitrakar / ReutersA police officer stands near identification number tags for bodies at the Devghat mass burial site for victims of the flooding, in Chitwan, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.Ezra Acayan / GettyPolice and army personnel bury unidentified bodies recovered from the flash floods at a mass burial site in the Devghat Forest on August 30, 2026, in Bharatpur, Nepal.Dar Yasin / APRelatives console Muna Khadka, who lost her son, Aayush Khada, in the flooding, during mass burials in Chitwan, Nepal, on August 31, 2026.Dar Yasin / APNumbered identification tags placed in pots mark the graves of flash-flood victims at a mass burial site in Chitwan on August 31, 2026.Athit Perawongmetha / ReutersA relative of Prabita Roila, who lost her life in the flash floods, lights her funeral pyre beside the Suryamati River in Trishuli, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.
