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PHOTO ESSAY: Crop-raiding monkeys threaten Nepal’s farming communities

DHARMGHAR, Nepal (AP) — Monkeys are becoming one of the most persistent and destructive enemies of farmers in Nepal.

 

Prayers and celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday, in photos

LEH, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama attended celebrations Monday marking his 91st birthday in Leh, India, as devotees gathered for prayers and celebrations across India and Nepal.

 

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Photos show Paddy Day, the festival marking the start of the rice planting season in Nepal

Nepal marked Paddy Day, an annual festival which marks the beginning of the rice planting season.

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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

 

Photos of US-born teen Buddhist lama now studying near the Himalayas to become a monk

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Jalue Dorje grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis loving rap music, video games and football.

 

Photos of Nepali former rapper drawing crowds to his campaign for prime minister

CHITWAN, Nepal (AP) — Among the candidates vying to become Nepal’s next prime minister in a crucial election Thursday, few have generated the buzz of a Millennial former rapper who has shaken up the Himalayan country’s politics.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Under watch by Chinese tech, the Tibetan community in Nepal is slowly suffocating

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — In Nepal, the unseen eye has changed Tibetan life.

The cameras are not just machines perched on the thick bundles of wires that twist through narrow lanes of Kathmandu in Nepal.

 

Photos show violent protests in Nepal, with government buildings set on fire

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A short-lived ban on social media in Nepal prompted violent protests in the capital, with demonstrators setting fire to government buildings and politicians’ homes.

 

Anger over corruption and nepotism fuel Nepal’s deadly protests over social media ban

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister.

 

Photos of fiery protests against a social media ban in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A short-lived ban on social media platforms in Nepal has prompted violent demonstrations in the capital, with protesters setting government buildings on fire.

 

See Nepal’s living goddess leave her palace to bless throngs of worshipers

Trishna Shakya, 11, looks imposing in her finery as she is carried high in the arms of a helper from the temple palace.

 

Hindus celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna in India and Nepal, in photos

Celebrations for the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in India and Nepal.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

 

Frequent disasters expose climate risks to infrastructure in South Asia

Last month, floods along the Nepal-China border that killed nine people also destroyed important infrastructure, washing out the primary bridge connecting the two nations and halting trade.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: A rickshaw driver and his dog are winning hearts in Nepal’s Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — In the heart of Kathmandu’s tourist hub, Thamel, many cycle rickshaw drivers wait eagerly to take tourists on rides in the vibrant neighborhood.

 

Ancient Himalayan village relocates as climate shifts reshape daily life

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang region, was once home to a few dozen yak herders and barley farmers.

 

Two girls survived Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Each lost a leg but found a friendship.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The devastating 2015 Nepal earthquake that killed thousands changed the lives of many in the Himalayan nation.

 

Photos: 2 girls survived Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Each lost a leg but found a friendship

The devastating 2015 Nepal earthquake that killed thousands changed the lives of many in the Himalayan nation.

 

Older women in Nepal are learning how to read and write

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sushila Gautam, 77, checks her smartwatch, a gift from her son living in the United States, to see if she should leave for her reading and writing lessons.

 

Nepalese grapple with loss after floods kill over 200 people

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Bishworaj Khadka, a cook in Lalitpur, could hear the Nakhu River becoming louder and louder as he sat with his wife and daughter-in-law in their house situated at the river’s edge.

 

Cascading disasters push residents of a Nepalese valley to the brink

MELAMCHI, Nepal (AP) — In between the Himalayas’ towering mountains, the town of Melamchi is no stranger to extreme weather, and its landscape bears the scars of years of floods and landslides.

 

A 41-year-old pelican and other animals wait for their food at Nepal’s only zoo

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At the stroke of 10 every morning at the only zoo in Nepal, a 41-year-old pelican arrives at the entrance of the animal kitchen, waiting patiently for program officer Ganesh Koirala to arrive.

 

Nepal women keep the art of traditional instruments alive despite their past stigma

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As a child, Shanti Chaudhari was scolded by her parents for standing too close to a group of musicians playing the naumati baja, Nepal’s nine traditional instruments, because they were identified with the Damai, part of the lowest caste that was formerly known as “untouchable

 

Indian pilgrims throng Nepal’s most revered Hindu temple, Pashupatinath

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses.

 

AP PHOTOS: Nepal’s painter caste struggles to save dying art

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Chitrakar families in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu were renowned traditional painters and sculptors who depicted gods and goddesses on temples, masks of Hindu deities and posters for various religious celebrations.

 

Monsoon flooding kills at least 173 across South Asia

KUNAULI, Nepal (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that killed at least 173 people in recent days and displaced millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh.

 

AP PHOTOS: Nepal blind women find courage in defense classes

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — There are times when Sarita Lamichane is navigating the chaotic streets of Kathmandu and someone will offer to help her through the snarls of traffic.