Nepal: Covering a disaster in your own country

尼泊尔:亲历国家灾难的报道

The Global Story

2026-09-01

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As the world watches the aftermath of devastating floods in Nepal, journalist Anup Kaphle has been asking a difficult question: When does coverage of a natural disaster cross from rightful global concern into spectacle? Kaphle is the group editorial director of Kantipur Media Group, Nepal’s largest media organisation. He’s also a native of Nepal. After more than two decades working for American newsrooms, he returned to his home country with a mission to help tell Nepal’s story for the people who live there. Now, he finds himself confronting one of the greatest challenges of his career: helping Nepalis understand the full scale of the flooding and its impact on their lives, at a moment when international attention is focused on the most dramatic accounts. Asma Khalid, co-host of The Global Story, speaks with Kaphle about the ongoing humanitarian efforts, the potential long-term impact of the disaster on Nepalis, and why he worries that the international community will soon turn its attention away from Nepal.   Producer: Xandra Ellin Mix: Travis Evans Editor: Martine Powers Senior news editor: China Collins Photo: Police officers carry a survivor after a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 26, 2026. Credit: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters.
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  • The story begins on the morning of August 26th in the mountains of the Himalayas,

  • where the ground shook so violently that seismic instruments initially registered an earthquake.

  • But it was no earthquake.

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  • Glasses broke away, causing an avalanche of ice and rock.

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