Remembering a Ballet Legend in Russia; a Monkey Census in Nepal

Russians remember the longtime artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who died recently. Yuri Grigorovich held the position for the last three decades of the Soviet Union and staged productions that were wildly popular at home and projected soft power overseas. And in Nepal, people have complained of monkey's stealing food from their property for years. Now, the government is holding its first-ever monkey census to understand exactly how bad the problem is. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy