When it was already starting to seem almost impossible, it happened. This Friday, nine days after the great flood that devastated Nepal, two workers trapped in a tunnel of a hydroelectric infrastructure have been rescued alive. The men have reported that there are more people alive inside the infrastructure.

The border between northern Nepal and southwestern Tibet holds its breath at the possibility of a new flood. Chinese authorities had to temporarily suspend rescue operations this Friday in the Tibetan county of Gyirong after a lake formed upstream by the large landslide began to overflow. The alarm, however, lasted relatively little: Chinese state media reported that the excess flow has stopped and that water levels have dropped slightly, so rescue teams have resumed activity.

Every summer, as the ice recedes on the high mountain passes of the Himalayas, thousands of faithful from all over the world embark on the most extreme and spiritual pilgrimage on the planet: the route to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, in Tibet. Revered as the center of the world by Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and the Bön religion, the journey requires overcoming altitudes above 5,000 meters in an unparalleled test of devotion. This year, the peak season of August and September has been shaken by tragedy. A violent flood in northern Nepal, in the Rasuwa district – the gateway to the Tibetan border – has devastated bridges and roads and has so far claimed 250 lives and left over 1,500 missing,' highlighting the extreme risks of a journey that, for many believers, represents the ultimate spiritual experience.

The brutal floods on Wednesday at the border between Nepal and Tibet, which have buried entire villages, have left nearly 1,500 people missing, most of them tourists, according to authorities. The provisional death toll is 389 on the Nepalese side and three on the Tibetan side. Rescue teams, who have not yet been able to access the most affected areas, are working against the clock to locate the missing in this mountainous Himalayan region, very popular with hikers and pilgrims, including hundreds of citizens from India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.

A devastating flood hit several border regions between Nepal and Tibet in the Himalayas this Wednesday. Nepali authorities currently report 177 deaths and at least 826 missing, while Chinese authorities in Tibet have reported a toll of 3 deaths and 558 missing due to the impact on the other side of the border, in the Gyirong region. The surge has swept away entire villages and destroyed about twenty bridges, roads, dams, and other infrastructure. Rescue operations are still ongoing at this time.

Sergi Unanue (Banyoles, 1993) couldn't complain about the life he had. He worked as a journalist at Betevé, had friends, lived in an apartment in Barcelona... but something wasn't quite right. "I had always wanted to tell stories and that's why I had studied journalism. As a young man, I wanted to do radio and I ended up in television. I had a good time. In the news section, every day is different. I was one step away from having job and financial stability, but I dreamed of taking a big trip. I had to decide whether to leave the stable life I was building and take the big leap. And I did it without a return ticket." It was the year 2018 and an adventure was beginning that would lead him to walk across the whole of Nepal.

Chandra was adopted in Nepal in 1998, the year in which a boom in international adoptions began in Catalonia, which lasted well into 2000. Today, those boys and girls are already of legal age and have been able to reflect on what happened to them. Some of them have created an association, Apacat, the first created by adopted boys and girls in Catalonia. And Chandra, who is now 33 years old, is its president.

The ban on social media was the trigger fora revolt in Nepal, led by Generation Z, which ended with the government's resignation. A year later, the same youthful energy that brought down the old guard has given rapper Balendra 'Balen' Shah an overwhelming victory in this week's parliamentary elections. These elections were a commitment made by the interim government following the prime minister's resignation in 2025.

Nepalese will vote this Thursday for a new government in the first elections since a Generation Z revolution in September transformed the Himalayan nation into a surprising symbol of youthful power.

In Kathmandu, amid clouds of tear gas, Hundreds of young people raise a pirate flag with a straw hat, a symbol of the crew from the cartoon series. One PieceIn Jakarta, truck drivers, students, and artists are defying the government with the same symbol. What began as a Japanese series about pirates has become in a global emblem of political resistancePopular culture, often dismissed as light entertainment, has seeped into the realm of protest and dissent. As researcher Alba Torrents, lecturer at the Faculty of Communication Studies at the UAB and expert in Japanese animated series, explains, "l'anime It has become a global cultural language: it is no longer just a Japanese entertainment product, but a shared space in which new generations project common values, emotions, and imaginaries.” Corruption. Truckers, students, and artists began to raise the pirate icon as a symbol of unity and defiance against the government. Its spread was meteoric: in a few days, the Jolly Roger The pirate flag (traditionally known as the "pirate flag," typically featuring a black background and a skull and crossbones) spread from social media to the streets, to the point that some authorities labeled it a threat to national unity. Despite attempts at censorship and official warnings, the flag became established as a shared language of dissent and political creativity.

After the incidents ten days ago in Nepal, the new prime minister, Sushila Karki, a former chief magistrate, said she had accepted the new post reluctantly. The main political parties maintain that the process is unconstitutional. Less than 48 hours after being sworn in, Sushila Karki promised last Sunday that she would relinquish power within six months, when new elections are held.

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli resigned Tuesday amid an outbreak of mass protests that have resulted in the deaths of at least 25 people due to police repression. Nineteen people died on Monday and another six today, Tuesday, according to Efe. In addition, 90 protesters are receiving medical treatment in various hospitals. The political crisis the country is experiencing is unprecedented since the establishment of the federal republic in 2008.