Heaven, dotted with pockets of hell

By Moni Basu, CNN

Updated 1215 GMT (2015 HKT) May 12, 2015

Phurba Sherpa anxiously peers out the window of a helicopter ferrying him to a remote Sherpa village high in the Himalayas. He wanted to assess the damage wrought by the April 25 earthquake in Nepal.
Photos: The forgotten Sherpas
Phurba Sherpa anxiously peers out the window of a helicopter ferrying him to a remote Sherpa village high in the Himalayas. He wanted to assess the damage wrought by the April 25 earthquake in Nepal.
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