KATHMANDU, Nepal—Nepali soldiers perform the Chaliya

KATHMANDU, Nepal—Nepali soldiers perform the Chaliya dance, popular in central and western Nepal, during a cultural program hosted for attendees of the 2018 Nepal Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange, 26 Sep. 2018 in Kathmandu. The exercise is co-hosted by the Nepali Army and the United States Army Pacific with more than 400 disaster response professionals from 14 countries attending. During the four-day exercise, participants from national militaries, government organizations, the United Nations and non-government entities are split into teams according to expertise to work through a common earthquake scenario while sharing knowledge, testing common operating procedures and making recommendations to improve future disaster planning and response procedures. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Ray)