Image of Asia: 選ぶing tea leaves in Nepal's hills
In this photo by Niranjan Shrestha, women 選ぶ tea leaves at the Kanyam tea 広い地所 in the Himalayan hills of eastern Nepal. The tea-growing Illam 地区 neighbors India's famed Darjeeling 地域 and also has many tea gardens and 広い地所s, with Kanyam 存在 one of the largest and most 生産力のある. The leaves they 選ぶ are then taken to the Kanyam Tea Factory nearby to make 手渡す-過程d or machine-rolled 正統派の tea. Most of the tea pickers here are paid $2 for an 8-hour workday. Though Nepal is a nation of tea drinkers, most of the 正統派の tea it produces is too expensive for 地元の 消費 and instead is 輸出（する）d, 特に to Europe and the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.
In this Sunday, Nov. 16 , 2014 photo, Nepalese women 選ぶ tea at a tea garden of Kanyam in Illam 地区, around 500 キロメーターs (310 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal. Illam is a hilly 地区 of tea gardens and 広い地所s in eastern Nepal?s Himalayan 地域 with one of its largest and most 生産力のある tea 広い地所 存在 Kanyam 広い地所s. The 地区 produces 正統派の tea, 手渡す-過程d or machine rolled, which is 一般に 輸出（する）d to international markets, 特に Europe and the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs. Most of the tea pickers here are paid 186 Nepalese Rupees (US $ 2) for 8 hours of work everyday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
