Thousands of migrant workers died building World Cup and related structures ahead of the 2022 Qatar games and VOA photojournalist Yan Boechat visits with families of the fallen in Nepal. For more on these families, watch VOA’s documentary, "Cause of Death: Migrant Workers and the 2022 Qatar World Cup."
World Cup Workers' Families Left Behind in Nepal
![A young boy whose father died in Qatar plays hide and seek in a village in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/022a0000-0aff-0242-5305-08dad13b213e_cx0_cy2_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A young boy whose father died in Qatar plays hide and seek in a village in the Dhanusha district of Nepal, August 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
![The body of an old man is prepared for cremation in Kathmandu, Nepal. Doctors say the international airport receives the bodies of Nepalese workers from overseas on a daily basis in August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/09410000-0a00-0242-e09f-08dad13b214c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The body of an old man is prepared for cremation in Kathmandu, Nepal. Doctors say the international airport receives the bodies of Nepalese workers from overseas on a daily basis in August 2022 (Yan Boechat/VOA)
![Migrant workers preparing to board a plane to go to Qatar for work, in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/022a0000-0aff-0242-41e1-08dad13b219a_cx0_cy8_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Migrant workers preparing to board a plane to go to Qatar for work, in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2022. (Yan Boechat/VOA)