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Nepal's medical drones bring healthcare to the Himalayas

Health – Apr 30, 2018

Medical drone carrying a pack of medicines takes flight in Myagdi, Nepal, April 9, 2018.

Pakistan moves to curb urban air pollution after high court ruling

Pollution – Apr 30, 2018

Vehicles move through Faizabad inter-city bus terminal in Rawalpindi, one of the cities ranked most polluted in Pakistan, April 16, 2018.

For street kids in space-starved Indian city, school is in a container

Education – Feb 6, 2017

Students at their lessons in the Container School in the western Indian city of Thane on Jan. 19, 2017.

Migrant workers sent $256 billion home to Asia-Pacific last year - UN

Remittances – May 7, 2018

ARCHIVE PHOTO: An employee checks dollar bills at a money changer in Manila March 28, 2012

New finance framework helps South Asian countries tackle climate change

Climate change adaptation – May 9, 2018

via Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network

China, India outsource emissions, risking climate goal - study

Climate change – May 14, 2018

Labourers work at a garment factory in Bac Giang province, near Hanoi October 21, 2015.

As climate risks grow, Pakistani Kashmir boosts emergency plans

Climate change – May 16, 2018

Qazi Zulfiqar Ahmed, a teacher and social worker, looks at the stump of tree cut illegally in a forest in Pakistani Kashmir's Jhelum valley, July 9, 2017.

Shorter, hotter, earlier: Shrinking spring slashes Pakistani harvests

Climate change – May 21, 2018

Fruit farmer Adil Khan shows apricots that have ripened nearly a month ahead of schedule in the town of Mardan, in Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, April 26, 2018.

Colombo's wetlands float to top of flood prevention plan

Wetlands – May 22, 2018

Sri Lankan officials say the Baddagana wetland park, pictured here on May 9, 2018, is an early example of efforts to revive wetlands as flood retention areas in the capital. It is also popular among Colombo residents as a nature trail

Drought threatens millions of Afghans with hunger - U.N.

Drought – May 29, 2018

An Afghan man harvests wheat on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan July 11, 2016.

Pakistan’s 'shocking' spring heat drives up water use, health risks

Water – May 31, 2018

Residents sleep on a building pavement, to escape heat and frequent power outage in their residence area Karachi, Pakistan May 22, 2018.

In India, ice towers could turn deadly lake into water bank

Floods – Feb 6, 2017

Buddhist prayer flags drape an ice stupa in Ladakh, India.

Growth in aid funding slows for second year

Aid – Jun 19, 2018

Women hold food aid distributed by humanitarian institutions in Afrin, Syria March 20, 2018.

Can going green help pick the slavery out of cotton?

Supply chain – Feb 10, 2017

Woman farmer Kanchen Kanjarya participates in a training session in Mayapur village in the Indian state of Gujarat on Feb. 1, 2017, to learn about the best ways to pick cotton as part of an initiative to boost farmers’ income and tackle child and forced labour in the cotton industry.

Young Indian farmers spice up market for organic Himalayan crops

Agriculture – Feb 13, 2017

A farmer tends to his organic vegetable plot in the Himalayan state of Sikkim, India

Microfinance could help African cities solve housing crisis - experts

Housing – Jul 12, 2018

A resident reacts as he attempts to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Kijiji slums in the Southlands estate of Nairobi, Kenya, January 28, 2018.

UBS puts Indian girls into school - and makes a profit

Education – Jul 13, 2018

A schoolgirl sits on the doorstep of a house as she waits to go to school at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, April 6, 2015.

Are the Caribbean's wealthy new citizens a lifeline or a liability?

Caribbean – Jul 19, 2018

People lounge at Mount Cinnamon Resort's beach club on Grand Anse beach in St. George's, the capital of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, June 1, 2018.

Campaigners and K-pop fans turn to crowdfunding for conservation

Environmental preservation – Aug 8, 2018

Archive Photo: A man reads a newspaper in front of a fence that depicts a forest to conceal construction work going on in the background in central Seoul March 6, 2013.

'Too afraid to sleep': India's homeless women suffer as cities expand

Homelessness – Aug 14, 2018

Homeless women and a child sit amidst their belongings on a pavement in New Delhi, which has among the most homeless people in India. July 4, 2018.