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Concerns about his style are growing at home after devastating floods left thousands dead or missing.

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Concerns about his style are growing at home after devastating floods left thousands dead or missing.

Balendra Shah, 36, comes to the U.N. as a sun-glassed symbol of Gen Z political power. But concerns about his style are growing at home after devastating floods left thousands dead or missing.

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Concerns about his style are growing at home after devastating floods left thousands dead or missing. as a sun-glassed symbol of Gen Z political power.

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