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Paul Hahn

Nepal’s first female president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, has served in its capital of Kathmandu since 2015. Bhandari is also the second-ever elected president after Nepal overthrew its monarchy in 2008. Before the monarchy’s abolition, Bhadari led demonstrations against the king.

Find the historic bookshop Ateneo Grand Splendid tucked away in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

At the heart of zero-waste efforts in Buenos Aires are the cartoneros—impoverished waste pickers who were out in the street sorting recyclables from trash long before the capital city’s zero-waste laws were announced in 2005. While such laws include an intended ban on landfilling recyclable and compostable waste by 2020, private waste management companies profit from landfilling and may stall the city from reaching that goal. Still, environmental NGOs and citizens like the cartoneros continue to advocate for implementation of zero-waste strategies.

A café scene in Budapest, Hungary