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People observe a candlelight vigil in memory of victims of a plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

Families mourn Nepal plane victims; data box sent to France

By Anish Bhattarai and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. It's the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Krishna Mani Baral)

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

By Anish Bhattarai, Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Rescuers scour the crash site in the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan.16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades.(AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

By Anish Bhattarai and Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. It's the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Krishna Mani Baral)

68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

By Upendra Man Singh and Sheikh Saaliq and Anish Bhattarai - Associated Press

Leader of the communist party in Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, greets the gathering after announcing his resignation as prime minister, in line with an agreement made with his coalition partner party, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The leader of former communist rebels has become Nepal's new prime minister with the support from his ex-opponent and other smaller political parties. The announcement was made by the office of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday after the Maoist communist party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal met her to stake his claim for the prime minister following last month's elections. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, file)

Leader of ex-communist rebels becomes Nepal’s new PM

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Buddhist monks perform rituals during the funeral of famed American extreme skier Hilaree Nelson in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct.2, 2022. Nelson had died last week on Mount Manaslu while coming down from the top of the summit the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) world's eighth-highest mountain. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Hilaree Nelson, famed U.S extreme skier, gets traditional Nepalese funeral

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In this aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, base camp is seen on May 25, 2020. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending from Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday, May 10, 2010. (Purbu Zhaxi/Xinhua via AP)

China to draw ‘separation line’ on peak of Mount Everest

Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mount Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)

COVID-19 crisis worsens in Nepal; hospitals reject new patients

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Family members watch as Nepalese army personnel in PPE suits salute to pay tribute to the COVID-19 victims before cremating their bodies near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 7, 2021. Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

US allows diplomats, embassy families to leave Nepal

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese surveyors hike toward a higher spot from the base camp on Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters. China has opened the spring Everest claiming season from the northern approach amid strict measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A total of 38 people have been issued permits to climb the world’s highest peak, known as Qomolongma in Tibetan, between March 31 and May 20, state media reported Friday, May 7, 2021. (Jigme Dorje/Xinhua via AP, File)

China opens Everest’s north side to 38 virus-tested climbers

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A Sri Lankan couple receive the vaccine for COVID-19 at a municipal health centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 30, 2021. For many weeks, the number of daily COVID-19 infections in the island nation of Sri Lanka stood below 200. But last week, the figure suddenly surged and reached 1,466 on Thursday, the highest ever in a single day since the start of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Virus surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Lukas Furtenbach, an ace mountain guide speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, April 23, 2021. Furtenbach became the first to test positive for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp. Erlend Ness told The Associated Press in a message Friday that he was confirmed infected on April 15 and was flown to Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Norwegian climber 1st to test positive on Mount Everest

By BINAJ GURBACHARYA - Associated Press

A Nepalese elderly patient waits for his eye patch to be removed at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 26, 2021. Nepal’s “God of Sight” eye doctor renowned for his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery for the poor is taking his work beyond the Himalayan mountains to other parts of the world so there is no more unnecessary blindness in the world. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, who has won many awards for his work and performed some 130,000 cataract surgery in the past three decades, is aiming to expand his work beyond the borders of his home country and the region to go globally. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s God of Sight eye doctor to expand work beyond border

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 21, 2021 file photo, a van stands parked waiting to transport AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccines, manufactured under license by Serum Institute of India, at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The government is negotiating with India’s Serum Institute to obtain 5 million doses for the second stage of the campaign, in which 3.7 million elderly people are to be vaccinated starting this Sunday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

AP Interview: Nepal worried about supply of COVID-19 vaccine

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 11, 2015 file photo, Nepal's Khadga Prasad Oli addresses parliament before being appointed as the new Prime Minister in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal’s supreme court on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, ordered reinstating parliament that was dissolved by Prime Minister Oli that is likely to push the Himalayan nation to a political crisis. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Nepal’s Supreme Court orders reinstatement of Parliament

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

A Nepalese doctor receives AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Thousands of health workers lined up across Nepal to get the coronavirus vaccine Wednesday as the Himalayan nation began its campaign to get the population vaccinated within three months. Neighboring India gifted Nepal 1 million doses of the vaccine manufactured under license by the Serum Institute of India. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Health workers become 1st to get COVID-19 vaccine in Nepal

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepalese supporters of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party participate in a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Nepal’s capital Friday protesting against the prime minister who had dissolved the parliament and ordered fresh election because of feuds within the ruling political party. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Tens of thousands protest against Nepal’s prime minister

Associated Press

A van stands parked waiting to transport AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccines, manufactured under license by Serum Institute of India, at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. India sent 1 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Nepal on Thursday, a gift that is likely to help repair strained ties between the two neighbors. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

India gives 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari pays respect during the opening ceremony of a traveling exhibition on Lumbini, Nepal in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct. 19, 2019. Nepal's president has dissolved Parliament after the prime minister made the recommendation amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into a political crisis. Parliamentary elections will be held on April 30 and May 10, according to a statement from Bhandari's office. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections next spring

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, members of a Chinese surveying team head for the summit of Mount Everest, also known locally as Mt. Qomolangma. China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (Tashi Tsering/Xinhua via AP, File)

China, Nepal say Everest a bit higher than past measurements

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press