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Extra! Death Toll Climbs After Nepal Quake

Monday's front page of Nepalese newspaper The Himalayan Times shows the picture of a house that collapsed in the outskirts of Kathmandu, following Saturday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

The official death toll climbed overnight, as rescuers are struggling to reach remote villages. There are also scores trapped, and many feared dead, from an avalanche on Mt. Everest triggered by the quake. The latest estimates by Nepal police fear more than 3,600 have died in the disaster that also left 6,525 wounded.

ABOUT THE SOURCE: The Himalayan Times is an English-language newspaper distributed in Nepal. Headquartered in Kathmandu, it is the largest selling English broadsheet in Nepal.

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