Nepal Registers First Same-Sex Marriage; 'Historic', Say Activists
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FILE - In this picture taken on Aug. 30, 2023, Surendra Pandey, left, and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, are shown in Kathmandu.
Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation's first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officials and activists said, five months after the Supreme Court issued an interim order clearing the way for such marriages in the largely conservative country.
This handout photo taken June 9, 2024, and provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024.