Kathmandu: Nepalese Grieve
the Royal Family's Massacre
By Mike McPhate

 

     
Many Men and boys shaved their heads in honor of the slain King.

 

 

A woman offers incense at a shrine outside the slain Royal Family's palace.    
Women lined up outside the palace for several days following the massacre.
     
    Waiting outside the palace.

 

            
Waiting outside the palace.   A woman begged at a nearby bazaar.   Mourners prayed to a shrine outside of Hanuman Dhoka, the old royal palace.

 

           
An officer stood guard outside the palace.   Royal guard.   Extra patrols tried to halt outbreaks of violence as frustrated mobs marched through the capital's streets.

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