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From a Nepal in Pain, a Young Leader Makes a Case for Climate Reparations

Balendra Shah, 36, comes to the U.N. as a sun-glassed symbol of Gen Z political power. But concerns about his style are growing at home after devastating floods left thousands dead or missing.

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Balendra Shah, the former mayor of Kathmandu, during his campaign to become the next prime minister of Nepal, in February.
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Nepal’s Gen Z Is Taking on the World’s Polluters Over Climate Disasters

The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers.

© Uma Bista for The New York Times

Tashi Lhazom, a climate activist, meeting with a woman displaced by the floods, at a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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After a Desperate Search for Survivors, Rescuers Find Bodies at Nepal Power Plant

An expert team spent days trying to find six men who were trapped underground after catastrophic floods, as families clung to fading hopes.

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A search and rescue team from the Nepali Army inside the Chilime Hydropower Station tunnel in Nepal on Sept. 10.
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