On the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, some things came together and others, not so much.

As day two rolled along, the boos and chants dissipated. State after state announced their votes and speaker after speaker rallied the crowd.

After a week-long prelude to the apocalypse at the Republican National Convention, it was time for some sanity and optimism to be restored with the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.

Eli Krag is liveblogging the Democratic National Convention for National Observer. There are warring chants between "Hillary" and "Bernie".

During the delivery of tarps and supplies to the remote village of Dhuskun in Sindhupalchok the second major earthquake hit.

An 18-year-old Canadian writes of his daily experience delivering food and tarps to remote villages in Nepal.