Clouds rise behind Mount Everest, the world's highest peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft), as seen from Kongde near Namche Bazar in this file picture taken March 5, 2009. Nepal's cabinet plans to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest in November to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's U.N. negotiations on climate change, a minister said on November 2, 2009. Picture taken March 5. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar/Files (NEPAL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY POLITICS)
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