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Added on the 05/12/2018 13:35:32 - Copyright : AFP EN
Animated map showing the epicenter of the earthquake that hit Nepal late Friday. At least 56 people were killed when the quake hit the far west of the Himalayan country, according to officials. The tremor was measured by the US Geological Survey at just 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep. IMAGES
Kathmandu, May 30 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Narendra Shresta) The Hong Kong mountaineer Tsang Yin-hung has become the fastest woman to ever climb Mount Everest, breaking the record in 25 hours and 30 minutes.FOOTAGE OF YIN-HUNG ARRIVING IN KATHMANDU, SOUNDBITES OF TSANG YIN-HUNG.
Patan (Nepal), May 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Narendra Shresta) The Nepalese city of Patan has celebrated this Saturday the procession of Rato Machindranath, Red Chariot, amid restriction measures to avoid contagion of coronavirus in the country.The festival has taken place when Nepal is still battling a record number of covid-19 infections and deaths. FOOTAGE OF THE RATO MACHINDRANATH PROCESSION, RED CHARIOT, IN PATAN, NEPAL.
Paris, April 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ian Langsdon) Workers protest in Paris, covering themselves with plastic bags as a symbol of the closure of shops, to express their discontent at being forced to cease their activity for so long as it was considered "non-essential" after the lockdown measures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST AT THE REPUBLIC SQUARE.
Kathmandu, Mar 15 (EFE/EPA).- Nepal’s high-altitude climbing guide Kami Rita Sherpa, who broke his own record by scaling Mt Everest for the 24th time, is all set to attempt summitting the peak again. Kami Rita is attempting to break his own World Record of climbing Everest this spring season for the 25th time. More than 300 hundred foreign climbers are likely to attempt to make the summit of Mt. Everest, 8,848.86 meters, an expedition which will is scheduled to begin from April 2021 for this year, said official from the Nepal Tourism Department. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: WORKERS SIFT THROUGH SUPPLIES AT SEVEN SUMMIT TREK IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Kathmandu, Jan 23 (EFE/EPA).- Nepal Airlines brought back Saturday 18 dead bodies of Nepali migrant workers who have been stuck in Malaysia due to COVID-19 lockdowns and reportedly died from various illnesses.More than 400,000 Nepalese youths leave the country each year, mainly to gulf countries, due to the lack of proper job opportunities in their home country. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: BODIES OF DEAD MIGRANT WORKERS ARRIVE AT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.