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Birds fly above Mount Everest against a blue sky
COVID-19
COVID-19 may impact Nepal’s climbing season, but government denies rising cases
A Buddhist nun with a shaved head takes part in a Kung Fu display
Climate Change
Climate change forced Nepal women into trafficking. Now, ‘Kung Fu’ nuns are cycling the globe for them.
Anita Neupane
Health
Day care and mud guards: How health officials are building a firewall against deadly burns
Saraswoti Shrestha
Health
Unmeasured and unfunded: Lack of data hinders burn prevention and care
Kathmandu's air quality is notorious. Now there's an Air Quality Index to measure just how bad.
Health
Nepal’s air pollution threatens humans and glaciers
Sita Adhikari
Conflict
Here’s what refugees do while they’re waiting to get into the US
Trekking the Annapurna route near Jomsom. Trekkers are critical to Nepal's tourism industry, but the travel warnings boost the cost of travel insurance for them.
Global Politics
Nepal says it’s open for business, but tourists are still staying away
The note reads, "You taught me to stay strong. It's your time now to stay strong Nepal."
Development
The best way to help victims of the Nepal earthquake? Raise money and don’t try to travel there
Dr Andrew Trotter at work at the Tribhuvan University Hospital after the earthquake
Development
How one American doctor is helping Nepal’s earthquake victims
The author's mother celebrates her 93rd birthday in Kenya
Culture
This mom let her daughter skip the dishes so she could read Tolstoy
A helicopter rescues stranded trekkers along the Annapurna Circuit trail in Nepal on October 16, 2014.
Environment
Rescuers airlift hikers to safety after a deadly blizzard hits the Himalayas
Lifestyle & Belief
A few months ago this Nepali girl was a goddess, now she’s a seventh grader
Lifestyle & Belief
A few months ago this Nepali girl was a goddess, now she’s a seventh grader
USS Nimitz
Global Scan
Iranians build an American aircraft carrier, sort of
Global Scan
It’s easy to win an election when dissent could send you to jail
Business, Economics and Jobs
Bringing gay tourism to Nepal
Arts, Culture & Media
Armchair Traveller: Pico Iyer Takes Us to Asia Through Books
Global Politics
Nepal Stagnates Amid Government Deadlock
Global Politics
Nepal-China relations worry Tibetan refugees
Global Politics
Gateway to the Himalayas
Smog in the Himalayas
Global Politics
Turmoil in Nepal
Global Politics
A pitch for the pink dollar in Nepal
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Global Politics
Geo answer
Environment
Melting at the Top of the World