“We had an official bulletin last night, telling people that it was OK for them to return home and sleep indoors tonight. Shortly after that bulletin went out, we had a 4.8 aftershock. So, things still very much evolving here — and a lot of scared and nervous people.” NPR with the latest from the grim scene in Nepal: Death Toll Tops 5,000; At Least 1.4 Million Need Food Aid.

+ “As the flames spread across her chest, the body burner heaped straw atop her corpse, sending bluish smoke billowing into the sky over the white stupas of the Pashupatinath temple.” Julie Makinen in the LA Times: A river burns with Hindu funeral pyres almost around the clock.