Nepal has announced the results of the latest national survey, and it's good news: 355 tigers now roam the Himalayan nation — nearly triple the number in recent years.

In western Nepal, women often sleep in a hut outside the house during menstruation because of beliefs about impurity — and they sometimes die. The government is trying to end the practice.

Nepal has long been a favorite destination of young Israeli tourist backpackers – so much so that the organization Chabad-Lubavitch puts on a huge Passover celebration to accommodate them.

If temperatures continue to rise, glaciers would begin to disappear, with a serious impact on the area's water resources.

As the climate gets drier, researchers are looking again at an alternative method to grow rice — a crop that feeds millions of people — that uses less water. But support for the technique is mixed.

Rice farmers in Nepal are improving yields by more than 50 percent using a technique that sows fewer plants per acre but produces more rice per plant. It also uses less water.

A woman from Iowa began taking pictures of goats in sweaters in Bangladesh and India. The owners thought she was crazy. But her work has made a difference in the lives of the locals, in a good way.

In the past, survivors of acid and burn assaults could not get immediate compensation for treatment. The criminal code now addresses that issue — and sets stiffer penalties for perpetrators.

The job of guiding climbers up the Himalayas has brought money and development to their communities, but little glory for the Sherpas.

A unique conservation attempt is underway in Nepal to save vultures that have nearly been decimated through much of South Asia over the past few decades.

Tulasi Shahi was 18. She was sleeping in a hut outside her home because she was on her period — a custom in parts of Nepal.

She dreamed of a better life outside her village in Nepal. But she was broke and had run out of hope. Then she tried a 31-mile trail race.

It's the second death in a menstrual hut within a month. Police suspect the teenager had lit a fire in the hut and died from a lack of oxygen.

She was 26. Her relatives found her body in the morning. The prime minister of Nepal called the district to find out what happened.

The devastating 2015 earthquake killed thousands and leveled entire mountain villages. Residents are only now getting the first installment of the money promised by the government.

To stop open defecation, a U.N.-affiliated group takes villagers on a "walk of shame." But critics raise questions about the ethics of this approach.

In developing countries, open defecation is a major cause of diarrheal diseases, child mortality and even sexual assault against girls and women exposed while relieving themselves outside.

This week nine Sherpas became the first to climb Mt. Everest since a deadly avalanche in 2014 and an earthquake last year. The guides hope more climbers return to the slopes.

A year after the earthquake, reconstruction work in Nepal is proceeding slowly and thousands are still living in temporary shelters. The government has been criticized for its sluggish response.

They lost family, friends and cultural touchstones in the disaster of April 2015. Now they're doing "photo therapy."