Stephen Groves

Kathmandu's air quality is notorious. Now there's an Air Quality Index to measure just how bad.

Nepal’s air pollution threatens humans and glaciers

The air quality in Nepal's capital is horrible for residents there, but we're now seeing what the fuel burning — and the dreaded black carbon — is doing to the glaciers nearby.

Nepal’s air pollution threatens humans and glaciers
Nepal bus inspection for suspected trafficking victims

Nepal earthquake survivors are falling prey to human trafficking

Nepal earthquake survivors are falling prey to human trafficking
Passengers ride inside and atop overcrowded buses as they head toward their village to celebrate a Hindu festival in Nepal in October 2015.

Nepal quake survivors were killed in a bus crash

Nepal quake survivors were killed in a bus crash
Soldiers at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 22 carry a coffin containing the body of a fellow Nepali man killed when a bomber struck a minibus in Kabul.

Nepali guards risk their lives protecting Western embassies in Kabul. Now they're targets.

Nepali guards risk their lives protecting Western embassies in Kabul. Now they're targets.

Aid for Nepal is falling way short amid concerns for corruption

Aid for Nepal is falling way short amid concerns for corruption

Things might be about to get a whole lot worse in Nepal

The monsoon season is coming. And that means landslides.

Things might be about to get a whole lot worse in Nepal

Some aid reaches remote villages in Nepal. But not enough

Even those who have gotten food now worry that hungry thieves will attack them.

Some aid reaches remote villages in Nepal. But not enough

Villages just hours from Kathmandu are still waiting desperately for aid

Survivors urgently need food and shelter. But landslides have blocked roads and weather has grounded helicopters.

Villages just hours from Kathmandu are still waiting desperately for aid