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Image of Asia: Reconstruction of the Boudhanath Stupa

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A Nepalese laborer works on the reconstruction of Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Reconstruction of the Boudhanath Stupa, damaged in the 2015 earthquake that hit the region, is expected to be complete by the November, 2016, according to the Boudhanath Area Development Committee (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

In this photo by Niranjan Shrestha, a labourer works on the reconstruction of Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. The stupa was damaged in the 2015 earthquakes that killed nearly 9,000 people and damaged 1 million buildings, about 600 of them historic sites like the stupa. The reconstruction of the stupa is expected to be complete by November, according to the Boudhanath Area Development Committee.

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