Nepali photographer and storyteller Nikki Thapa documents the collection and marketing of rudraksha seeds in eastern Nepal, which are used as prayer beads by Hindus and Buddhists.

As she spoke, Mrs Sherpa prepared Tsajya, a salty Tibetan tea. Its unique flavour was unlike anything I had ever tasted, ...

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Several lightly injured and minor damage in Italian city of Naples after an earthquake shook buildings and disrupted power ...

Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy. On Sunday, over 10 ...

ORCAS, Wash. – Hundreds of residents in Washington state reported feeling an earthquake early Monday morning, hours after another earthquake struck about 1,200 miles to the south in the Los ...

“I think there was one maybe eight years ago, it was only a slight little shake, nothing like this, this was pretty substantial I reckon, not that I’ve been in an earthquake before and I don ...

SEATTLE — Cuts at the federal level could impact how effective earthquakes are monitored in the Pacific Northwest, a Washington state seismologist warned Friday. This week, hundreds of workers ...