KathmanduNepalese authorities count 1,396 dead and 5,100 still missing.

The missing outnumber the dead four to one, signaling a search still digging, not a final toll.

The August 26 slide buried rather than scattered, so crews must excavate unstable, monsoon-soaked slopes near border villages.

China’s foreign minister pledged continued searching after 43 deaths and 519 missing on its own side.

How each outlet framed it
TASS
documents cross-border scope with China's 43 deaths and Wang Yi's bilateral diplomatic coordination

Sources: TASS