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Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as his arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

People watch earthmovers removing automobile debris and the dead bodies of victims trapped under a landslide caused by heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Sujan Gurung)

At least 148 are dead in floods and landslides in Nepal

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

LGBTQ+ people and their supporters rally during the annual pride parade, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ activists rally in Nepal’s capital during the annual Pride parade

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Rescuers work at the site of a helicopter that crashed in Suryachaur area, which is just northwest of Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Nirajan Shrestha)

5 people killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains northwest of Nepal’s capital

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Smoke rises from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. State television in Nepal says a plane has slipped off the runway and crashed while trying to take off from Kathmandu airport. (AP Photo/Agniia Galdanova)

Plane crashes just after takeoff from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people. Pilot is lone survivor

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli arrives to ask for a vote of confidence in parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s new prime minister seeks vote of confidence in parliament, secures more than two-third votes

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Newly elected Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli is being sworn by President Ram Prasad Poudel, unseen, at the presidential residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 15, 2024. Khadga Prasad Oli, the leader of Nepal’s largest communist party, was named prime minister on Sunday following the collapse of a previous coalition government. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s new prime minister has taken the oath of office at a ceremony in Kathmandu

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prassad Oli attends a signing of peace agreement in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, March 5, 2021. Oil, the leader of the Nepal's largest communist party, was named the Himalayan nation's new prime minister on Sunday, July 14, 2024, following the collapse of a previous coalition government. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

The leader of Nepal’s largest communist party has been named the country’s new prime minister

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prassad Oli attends a signing of peace agreement in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, March 5, 2021. Oil, the leader of the Nepal's largest communist party, was named the Himalayan nation's new prime minister on Sunday, July 14, 2024, following the collapse of a previous coalition government. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

The leader of Nepal’s largest communist party has been named the country’s new prime minister

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Nepal army personnel cary out a search operation looking for the survivors after two buses were swept by a landslide off the highway and into a swollen river near Simaltal, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ramesh Paudel)

Rescuers recover first body from 2 buses that were hit by landslide and fell into a river in Nepal

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Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal addresses parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, July 12,2024. Dahal lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Friday after the largest party in his coalition government withdrew its support, which would now force him to step down from office after 19 months in power. (AP Photo/Bikash Dware)

Nepal’s prime minister loses a confidence vote forcing him to step down

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

In this handout photograph released by Nepal Armed Police force, shows rescuers looking for the survivors after two buses were swept by a landslide off the highway and into a swollen river near Simaltal, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, July 12, 2024. (Nepal Armed Police Force via AP)

2 buses carrying more than 50 people were swept into a river by a landslide in Nepal

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

FILE- Ram Bahadur Bamjan, center in white, is surrounded by Buddhist monks in Nijgadh town, south of Katmandu, Nepal, Nov. 12, 2008. The controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term Monday, July 1, 2024 for sexually assaulting a minor, court officials said. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi, File)

Nepalese spiritual leader ‘Buddha Boy’ sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault on minor

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Buddhists monks clean Buddha statues ahead of the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 15, at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Buddha’s birthday: When is it and how is it celebrated in different countries?

By Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

Nepal's Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at his office in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Nepal has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who have been recruited to fight against Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who were killed in the conflict, Nepal's foreign minister said Thursday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press