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Jonas Bendiksen Magnum Photos / National Geographic Magazine
"Nepal's Maoist Rebellion"


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During an Army Day parade (March 8th 2005), a disenchanted unemployed trekking-guide displays his anger at the televised King Guyanendra. A month earlier, King Gyanendra had assumed all political power in Nepal, promising defeat the Maoist insurgency. However, the king is highly unpopular, fuelling the Maoist insurgency.
 

 

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