Nepal’s Grim Superstition, Known to Lead to a Death by Shame

Chetana Kadayat, 16, who was having her period, washes her clothes at a separate water source from the rest of Radikot village in Nepal, March 3, 2018. In western Nepal, women are banished from their homes every month when they get their period. They are considered polluted, even toxic, and many die as a result. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/The New York Times)