KathmanduTwo hydropower workers survived nine days underground.
Roughly 900 more remain trapped in tunnels along Nepal’s Trishuli River.
An upstream glacier collapse sent ice, rock and mud down river valleys packed with hydropower tunnels.
Rescuers keep digging as Nepal’s disaster agency counts more than 5,000 still missing.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide
- Deutsche Welle leans favorable
- foregrounds hope and humanity through Energy Minister quote: 'as long as there is breath, there is hope'
- Dawn leans favorable
- TRT World
- updates confirmed death toll (1,259 dead, 5,083 missing) and maps affected districts across Nepal-China border
- TEMPO.CO
- The National
- foregrounds medical severity contrast: Maharjan immobilized vs Sah stable; 39+ trapped in tunnel, 100+ network-wide
Sources: Deutsche Welle, Dawn, TRT World, TEMPO.CO, The National