
Nepalese people stand in silent tribute to all the mountaineers who lost lives during their expeditions to Mount Qomolangma on the occasion of International Mount Qomolangma Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 29, 2015. International Mount Qomolangma Day is celebrated each year on May 29 to mark the date on which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa conquered the hightest peak in the world for the first time. Mountaineering teams have called off Everest expeditions year after destruction of routes on the world's highest peak following avalanche and devastating earthquake of April 25, 2015. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)















