Ramyata Limbu

Many peo­ple in Nepal are still strug­gling to re­build their lives, five years af­ter a dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake.

Nepal’s maid­en pro­fes­sion­al box­ing cham­pi­onship has be­gun in the cap­i­tal Kath­man­du.

Moun­taineers from around the world have gath­ered in Nepal for the spring climb­ing sea­son. Near­ly 300 peo­ple have died at­tempt­ing to climb Ever­est, but the moun­tain con­tin­ues to draw climbers

It has been two years since a pow­er­ful earth­quake hit Nepal and killed more than 9,000 peo­ple. Lo­cal com­mu­ni­ties are now try­ing to re­store the cap­i­tal city’s cul­tur­al her­itage.

In the moun­tain vil­lages of Nepal, farm­ing com­mu­ni­ties are fac­ing acute wa­ter short­ages. Nat­ur­al springs and aquifers are dry­ing up, but some women are build­ing ar­ti­fi­cial ponds or ‘recharge basins’ to col­lect rain­wa­ter and re­fill lo­cal aquifers.