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Monday, 4 June, 2001, 18:52 GMT 19:52 UK

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.

Mourners demonstrate on the streets of Nepal

People of Nepali origin pay homage to the late King Birendra and his wife in Ranchi, eastern India

Tyres burn in the street in Kathmandu

Nepali police scramble for cover as demonstrators throw stones at them

Soldier atop an armoured vehicle

Funeral pyre of King Dipendra

King Gyanendra accepts homage from a subject

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