Drone pilot Adarsha Raj Bhusal (L) poses during an interview with AFP, at Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district on September 7, 2026. Four days after devastating floods hit Nepal, drone pilot Adarsha Raj Bhusal found himself sinking waist-deep into mud as he leapt from a helicopter on to a ravaged hydropower site. Bhusal, founder of Nepali drone company GarudX, had joined special army forces on a mission to find survivors in the flooded Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district using a custom-built waterproof drone. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images)