• Sajila is a nomad child. Every day, she is left alone in the camp with her brothers and sisters, while her mother seeks means of survival in the neighbouring city. At nightfall, she lights the fire and waits eagerly for the return of her mum. Pokhara, Nepal
  • Dhan Kumari is the mother of a 'Sukumbasi' family (the landless of Nepal). She lives with her five children in a slum. Her husband, often away from home, is a porter in the mountains. Sick for several weeks, she nurses her twin daughters for the last time before leaving for the hospital.
  • Asmita lives in a rubbish dump in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her mother and her grandmother sort rubbish every day. Just like any other child, Asmita plays, loves, cries and laughs. However, she has no schooling and, since birth, she inhales the toxic fumes emanating from the burning garbage.
  • Suraj lives in a tiny little village near Diamond Harbour, India. After school, he loves playing in the pond near his family hut.
  • Bishnu lives in a Nepalese mountain village. In the early morning hours, she does the daily chores and cooks the family meal before going to school down in the valley.
  • Sunday, April 26, 2015, 5:45. Nepal awakens after one of the worst tragedies of its history. The tremor and its after aftershocks killed over eight thousand people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
  • Two months after the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the surviving children of Sikharpur are back in school despite the collapse of the walls.
  • Father and daughter are waiting in a street of Kathmandu, Nepal, following an aftershock.
  • A Nepalese woman leaves her village at dawn to go to the city of Pokhara. The bridge crosses the Kali Khola gorges and saves the villagers the long walk they used to take previously.
  • After months of searching and waiting, a Tibetan refugee meets up again with his friend. Boudhanath, Nepal.
  • Nestled on the heights of Pokhara, the Nyeshang monastery welcomes little monks from the high plateaux of Manang and the surrounding regions. Nepal.
  • Binaya lives in the Pokhara valley in Nepal. He spends his holidays in his grandparents' house in a mountain village. He loves milking the buffalos with his grandma and playing with the toys made by his grandpa.
  • The rubbish dump under the Balku bridge is a highly valued spot frequented by street dogs. Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • During Monsoon, getting to school becomes an epic journey. Boudhanath, Nepal.
  • Behind the building of a business office, Parvati lives with her daughter under tarpaulins. Her hut is set up on the ruins of her house, which was demolished three years ago by the Department of Urban Development. Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • In the cafes of Prithvi Chowk (Pokhara, Nepal), travellers wait for their bus to start their long journey. After having spent Deepawali (one of the major Nepalese festivals) with her family, a woman waits for the bus to take her home, at the other end of the country.
  • Near a Kolkata railway station in India, an old man lives in a tiny hut along the railroad track, at the far end of a slum. His silence and loneliness contrast with the bustle of the place and the never-ending train traffic.
  • After losing their parents, Ajay and Adrika headed into the unknown and ended up on a terminal railway platform in Kolkata, India. Since then, they find shelter in empty carriages and collect the passengers' leftovers.
  • A rickshaw puller takes a break under the Howrah bridge in Kolkata, India. He works in the northern suburbs and pulls two to three times his weight. After paying his vehicle rent, he earns just enough for food.
  • Absara is a nomad child. For part of the year, her family sets up its tent on a waste ground off the Kathmandu ring road, Nepal. Every day, she is left alone with her brothers and sisters while her mother seeks means of survival in the city.
  • In Nepal, during the Shivaratri night, sugar canes are cooked over the fire, then handed out and enjoyed all over the country. Krishna Tole slum, Pokhara, Nepal.
  • Numa lives with her family in a slum that has been partially destroyed by the construction of a river dyke. Despite the chaos, she and her shack still stand. Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Rupa is a homeless woman living in the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. Every day she sorts rubbish alongside her faithful companion.
  • In the early morning, the Chhinedanda plain sheds its curtain of mist. Pokhara, Nepal.
  • Santosh and Srijana untangle their kite strings next to the ruins of their home, which was destroyed by the 2015 earthquake. Bhaktapur, Nepal.
  • In the streets of Kathmandu, a Nepalese boy hangs around, looking for his buddies.
  • The Kagbeni village school welcomes children from the high plateaux of Mustang, Nepal. They sleep in a small dormitory and most of them meet up with their family only two or three times a year.
  • Palti Devi gave birth to her son Syaram in a tent on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. Despite the hardships of her daily life, she is a loving mother, keen to protect her three children and to provide them with enough food.
  • Saraswati is a Nepalese teenager. Her life conditions are very harsh, due to the crowding of her slum, the lack of privacy and domestic violence. Nevertheless, she goes to school every day and manages to do her homework late at night after taking care of her younger brothers and sisters.
  • In May 2012, the Thapathali slum in Kathmandu was destroyed by the Nepalese Government. With bamboo sticks and salvaged materials, Sita builds a new shelter for her family. Three years later, she and her three children still live in the same place.
  • Two Tibetan monks, bound by a profound comradeship, are sitting on the steps of Jamchen monastery before the evening ceremony. Among their peers, they observe the pilgrims walking around the Boudhanath stupa. Kathmandu, Nepal.