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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories027.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A man mixes mortar to use in rebuilding a home in Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater018.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A worker with mud used for mortar waits to drop at a reconstruction in Bhaktapur's Durbur Square. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater015.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Women sit in front of their temporary shelters in an informal IDP center in Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater003.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Clay is pushed out of hillside to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories053.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry baked bricks to waiting trucks while other workers stack wet bricks in the kiln for baking at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories035.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker carries baked and finished bricks to a waiting truck while other workers, in the background, stack wet, unbaked, bricks in the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The wet bricks are gray in color. They turn their characteristic red after they are baked in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories032.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman uses a mold to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories015.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories011.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories009.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories008.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Clay is pushed out of hillside to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories004.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A Nepali craftsman carves stones that will be used in a Hindu temple in the reconstruction of Bhaktapur's Durbur Square. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater017.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A Nepali craftsman carves stones that will be used in a Hindu temple in the reconstruction of Bhaktapur's Durbur Square. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater016.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A man uses a sledge hammer to break rocks that will be used in reconstruction of Bhaktapur's Durbur Square, the historic center of the city. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater012.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A woman digs by hand through a home in Bhaktapur destroyed in the 2015 earthquake Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater010.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A women recycles bricks from a home in Bhaktapur destroyed in the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater008.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A man washes up in front of his temporary shelter in an informal IDP center in Bhaktapur. He's been living in the temporary shelter with his family for nearly two years. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater006.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Women who work at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, takes a break in the kiln at the factory. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories046.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  A worker carries brick dust up to a recycling area at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories051.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker shovel coal into a grinder that makes coal dust at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories048.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman balances finished bricks on her head to carry them to a truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories045.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Women carry wet, unbaked, bricks into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories043.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories041.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories040.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories038.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers deliver bricks to a waiting truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories037.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers deliver bricks to a waiting truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories036.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry baked bricks to waiting trucks while other workers stack wet bricks in the kiln for baking at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories034.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories033.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker stacks baked and finished bricks to a waiting truck while other workers, in the background, stack wet, unbaked, bricks in the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The wet bricks are gray in color. They turn their characteristic red after they are baked in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories030.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories006.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Clay is pushed out of hillside to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories003.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Clay is pushed out of hillside to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories001.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A worker in the rebuilding of Bhaktapur's Durbur Square, the historic center of the city. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater013.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A Nepali woman shops in Bhaktapur. IN some ways, life has returned to normal in Bhaktapur but evidence of the 2015 earthquake is everywhere. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater011.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A woman digs by hand through a home in Bhaktapur destroyed in the 2015 earthquake Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater009.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A man washes up in front of his temporary shelter in an informal IDP center in Bhaktapur. He's been living in the temporary shelter with his family for nearly two years. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater005.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Women sit in front of their temporary shelters in an informal IDP center in Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater004.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Women sit in front of their temporary shelters in an informal IDP center in Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurEarthquake2YrsLater002.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A brick factory in Bhaktapur spews smoke from coal fires that bake bricks in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories054.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman balances finished bricks on her head to carry them to a truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories050.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker shovel coal dust used to fire the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories049.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker shovel coal into a grinder that makes coal dust at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories047.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman balances finished bricks on her head to carry them to a truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories044.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker pours coal dust into a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. Most of the kilns burn coal imported from India. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories029.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman uses a mold to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories014.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL:  Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker in a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, starts the morning cooking fire in his home. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal. Most of the workers live at the factories, in homes made of stacked but not mortared, bricks.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Brick factories in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories012.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories011.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories010.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers load bricks into packs to carry them to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers walk through clay used to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Workers rebuilding one of the Hindu temples in Bhaktapur's Durbur Square. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: A woman loads another woman's basket with gravel for reconstruction in a historic section of Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Woman walk among buildings in Bhaktapur destroyed in the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Bhaktapur, a popular tourist destination and one of the most historic cities in Nepal was one of the hardest hit cities in the earthquake. Recovery seems to have barely begun nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Wet bricks are loaded onto a donkey that hauls the bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Wet bricks are loaded onto a donkey that hauls the bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman who works at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, takes a break in the kiln at the factory. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker stacks baked and finished bricks to a waiting truck while other workers, in the background, stack wet, unbaked, bricks in the kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The wet bricks are gray in color. They turn their characteristic red after they are baked in the kiln. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Brick factories in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories028.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A workers stacks uncooked bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories013.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers use molds to form bricks from clay at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. The bricks will lay out for one or two days and then taken to the kiln (the smokestack in the background) for baking. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories007.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A worker in a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur, starts the morning cooking fire in his home. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal. Most of the workers live at the factories, in homes made of stacked but not mortared, bricks.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories014.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers carry unbaked bricks from the fields where they're molded to a kiln for drying at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers load bricks into packs to carry them to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BhaktapurBrickFactories007.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers load bricks into packs to carry them to a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A workers uses a hoe to hack clay out of hillside to make bricks at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: A woman balances finished bricks on her head to carry them to a truck at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Workers stack wet, unbaked, bricks in a kiln at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2017 - BAGMATI, NEPAL: Wet bricks dry in the sun at a brick factory in Bagmati, near Bhaktapur. There are almost 50 brick factories in the valley near Bagmati. The brick makers are very busy making bricks for the reconstruction of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and other cities in the Kathmandu valley that were badly damaged by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. The brick factories have been in the Bagmati area for centuries because the local clay is a popular raw material for the bricks. Most of the workers in the brick factories are migrant workers from southern Nepal.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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