In pictures: Nepal reels after deaths

As Nepalis hear conflicting and confusing accounts of how their royal family died, they take to the streets - some in mourning, and some in protest.

Thousands of mourners filled the streets of Nepal

People of Nepali ancestry grieved in India

Angry as conflicting rumours about the deaths swirl, demonstrators set tyres alight...

and pelted police with stones...

forcing the army to send out armoured vehicles

Dipendra went to his funeral pyre after only two days as king

The new king, Gyanendra, took power on Monday