epa08960150 A health official takes a nasal swab sample for a COVID-19 test of Nepal's climber and his team before his departure to Nepal, in Islamabad, Pakistan 23 January 2021. A team of 10 Nepalese sherpas on 16 January, made history with the first winter summit of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. The Himalayan peak, on the border of China and Pakistan, was the last of the world's 14 highest mountains, all over 8,000 metres, never to be scaled in winter. EPA/SOHAIL SHAHZAD
