Nepali Sherpa women dressed in traditional attire pose for picture during the 12th International Everest Day in Kathmandu on May 29, 2019. International Everest (Sagarmatha) Day to mark the 66th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Nepal. On 29 May 1953 New Zealand Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach Everest’s 8,848 metre (29,029 foot) summit. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)
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