Langtang in Nepal is now little more than a graveyard. The once tranquil mountain village was obliterated last April when a massive earthquake shattered a glacier, raining tonnes of ice, snow and rock down into the valley below, where hundreds of bodies still lie buried. (Courtesy AFPTV)
Nepal’s quake-hit ghost village begins fragile recovery
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