A prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake, witnesses said.

© Agence France-Presse via Getty Images

A prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake, witnesses said.

© Agence France-Presse via Getty Images

At least seven people have been killed in the flooding, which also swept away the main bridge connecting Nepal to China.

Unmanned aerial vehicles are playing an increasing role in transporting supplies, and even people.

As heavy rains battered southwestern China, drones were deployed to deliver relief supplies, disinfect flooded areas and airlift a trapped resident.