Nepal's female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis
Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and hand it over to crematory workers, a scene unimaginable in the conservative country in recent years. Bryan Wood reports.
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Nepal's female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis
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