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Nepal

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 tiger crosses a road in India’s Ranthambore National Park.
Environment
GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist across Asia
Author Anna Dahlqvist talking with Saudah, a teenager in Kampala, Uganda
Women & Gender
The ‘menstrual awakening’: Shattering the period stigma
Woman with tool in front of damaged building
Development
Nepali immigrants who came to the US after the 2015 earthquake can stay a little longer
Goats at Leach Farms in upstate New York.
Culture
Some immigrants in New York prefer to slaughter animals themselves. There’s a farm that wants to help.
Nepali immigrants registerf or TPS at a clinic at highschool in Queens organized by Adhikaar last March.
Global Politics
With earthquake recovery back home stalled, Nepalis push for renewed protections in the US
Shreesha Duwal
Development
A feisty 12-year-old shows us what life in Nepal is like after the earthquake
Bishnu Pande with Ayusha
Culture
Just like that: As number of widows grow, widowhood is changing in Nepal
Harimaya Subedi
Culture
Widowhood hard to transcend in tradition-bound Nepal
Earthquakes in Nepal are only the start of the country's problems
Health
Months after deadly quakes, Nepal’s problems are only multiplying
Haitian author Dimitry Elias Léger.
Books
His topic: A president, the first lady, her lover — and an earthquake
An injured woman walks toward a hospital soon after an earthquake struck Sankhu, Nepal, on May 12, 2015. The 7.3-magnitude quake killed more than two dozen people in Nepal and neighboring states.
Development
Dozens more die after another major quake hits Nepal
A woman and a child, returning from a temple, walk past damaged and collapsed houses following the April 25, 2015, earthquake in Nepal.
Technology
How maps are saving lives as Nepal recovers from its earthquake
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 Living Goddess, known as a Kumari Devi, is worshipped in Nepal by Hindus and Buddhists alike. Each Kumari Devi is chosen at a very young age. Samita, the girl in this picture, is no longer a Kumari Devi. Since the photo was taken, she started mentruat
Belief
Do Nepalis pray to a child goddess after an earthquake?
A Nepalese army personnel stands in front of a collapsed temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal a day after the April 25 earthquake rocked the country. The quake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing thousands and triggering a deadly avalanche on M
Environment
Earthquakes create as well as destroy
A mother with her son by Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site, one day after the earthquake destroyed several temples.
Development
Images from Nepal show a people that are hurting
Samrat Upadhyay teaches creative writing at Indiana University in Bloomington. He says it's a difficult time for his country.
Development
After the earthquake, this Nepali writer dreads an upcoming visit home
Nepali students at the University of Massachusetts Boston work on their fundraising plan for earthquake relief efforts
Development
Nepali students in Boston channel their grief into fundraising efforts for earthquake relief
A woman carries her belongings as she walks over a collapsed house in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 27, 2015.
Science
Nepal’s quake preparations not enough, despite 20 years of warnings
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Culture
For Nepalese abroad, ‘you feel so helpless being so far away’
An injured boy is taken to a ward inside a hospital after an earthquake in Siliguri
Development
How to help Nepal: 10 vetted charities doing relief work following the earthquakes
Girls Club at the Merawi Primary School in Ethiopia
Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage
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Food
Immigrants in New Hampshire are creating an unlikely ethnic food hub
Health & Medicine
An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year­ – and it costs 20 cents
Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal
Health & Medicine
Video: She’s seven months pregnant — and still working in the fields
Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal
Health & Medicine
In Nepal, the manual labor doesn’t stop for expectant mothers
A Bhutanese woman harvesting rice by hand in a Vermont paddy.
Conflict & Justice
Bhutanese refugees prove you can farm rice, in Vermont
Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal
Development & Education
Snapshot: Behind the Walls Of Nepal’s Women
Business, Economics and Jobs
Bringing gay tourism to Nepal
The World in Words
Bringing Back Nepal’s Minority Languages
Global Politics
Nepalese Immigrants Look for a Home
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
The Himalayan State of Skkim
Himalayan Hydropower
Global Politics
Turmoil in Nepal
Global Politics
Comman monarch
Global Politics
A pitch for the pink dollar in Nepal
Arts, Culture & Media
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Global Politics
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Environment
China restricts access to Everest