KUMILY - As the death toll in the stampede near the Sabarimala temple mounted to 104 Saturday, doctors at a government hospital in this Kerala town busied themselves in one of the biggest post-mortem procedures in the state.

VANDIPERIYAR/KUMILY - The toll in the stampede near Kerala's famed Sabarimala temple climbed to 104 Saturday as more bodies and the injured continued to be brought to hospitals in the area.

VANDIPERIYAR - The toll in a stampede of pilgrims in Kerala's Idukki district rose to 97 Saturday after more bodies were recovered. The stampede occurred when the pilgrims were returning after watching the celestial Makara Jyothi light, the most important event of the pilgrimage, from a hillock some 30 km from the Sabarimala temple.

RIO DE JANEIRO - A legendary source of inspiration for the trademark Brazilian music style bossa nova was ravaged by torrential rain that has left more than 500 dead in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

VANDIPERIYAR - More than 60 devotees were killed Friday night in a stampede in a forest in Kerala's Idukki district when they were returning from the Sabarimala shrine, officials said here.