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Kathmandu

An aerial picture shows the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on February 1, 2017, during its reopening following renovation after earthquake damage. Boudhanath Stupa was among hundreds of historic monuments damaged during the 7.8-magnitude quake that hit Nepal in April 2015, killing nearly 9,000 people.

Letter From Kathmandu, Nepal: The Omnipresence of Dust

Each time the electricity powers off in Kathmandu, thousands of diesel generators rumble to life, spewing noxious particulate matter, or PM2.5.

By Abby Seiff

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