A view of Kathmandu looking across the Bagmati river from Chobar Gorge
On Saturdays in Nepal everyone has their weekly day off and it is time for washing in the river bodies and clothes but the river is so filthy here downstream from Kathmandu that the risk of infection must be high. In summer the river smells particularly bad before the monsoon has a chance to wash it clean
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Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
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