Nepalese protesters throw rocks at police during clashes near the Nepal-India border at Birgunj, south of Kathmandu, on Nov. 2. On the same day, Nepal police fired into a crowd of protesters trying to block a key border checkpoint and killed an Indian civilian as anger over a new constitution boiled over. (AFP/Getty Images)
As if the earthquake weren’t enough, now the Nepali people must endure the backlash from a highly controversial new constitution passed in September. Fuel can no longer be imported from India, increasing the emergency as winter draws nearer. Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/11/02/nepal-is-in-crisis-and-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-earthquake-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
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