By Seth Sherwood Photographs by Poras Chaudhary Seth Sherwood, who lives in Paris and writes frequently for the Travel section, has been visiting Kathmandu since 1999. Feb. 27, 2025 ...

Irina Bokova, the Director-General of the UN's cultural organisation, Unesco, said there had been "extensive and irreversible damage" at the world heritage site in the Kathmandu valley.