Nepal Registers First Official Same-Sex Marriage in Country 

FILE- Same-sex couple Surendra Pandey and Maya Gurung pose for a photograph during an interview with AP in Kathmandu, June 29, 2023. The gay couple just became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status.

A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it.