Nepal earthquake

Shreesha Duwal

A feisty 12-year-old shows us what life in Nepal is like after the earthquake

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This 12-year-old lost her home in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake but she has managed to stay in school. Now she just needs the other kids to stop taunting her for being homeless.

This buffalo in the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, survived last April's magnitude 7.8 earthquake, but an estimated 55,000 farm animals and nearly half a million domesticated birds did not. The losses were deeply felt in a place where livestock are often tho

For animals and their humans, love speeds the post-quake recovery in Nepal

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Rubble stones organized for building.

In Nepal, one problem is the earthquake didn’t knock down enough houses

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth inspects some of her Gurkha soldiers, in southern England, 2011.

Who are these ‘Gurkhas’ Britain is sending to help Nepal’s earthquake victims?

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An aerial view of houses damaged by Saturday's earthquake is seen in Nuwakot, Nepal, May 1, 2015.

How drones are helping relief efforts in Nepal

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The note reads, "You taught me to stay strong. It's your time now to stay strong Nepal."

The best way to help victims of the Nepal earthquake? Raise money and don’t try to travel there

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Support your Nepalese neighbors close to home and be creative to raise money if you really want to help, says a Nepalese immigrant leader in New York City.

Samrat Upadhyay teaches creative writing at Indiana University in Bloomington. He says it's a difficult time for his country.

After the earthquake, this Nepali writer dreads an upcoming visit home

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Samrat Upadhyay has been taking his students on cultural tours to Nepal. He has one planned for this summer. But he says he dreads the upcoming visit after the earthquake left many of his beloved sites in rubble.