The year in pictures: 49 most memorable photographs from 2019

From natural disasters that destroyed parts of the country to a headline visit by the Chinese President Xi Jinping, news this past year gave us images we can't forget.

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Published at : December 27, 2019

Updated at : December 31, 2019 11:06

Here are some of the best photos captured by our photojournalists and reporters across the country showcasing different events during the year.

Read: The Post’s 19 big stories that shaped 2019

Thousands of protestors, especially from the Newar community, take part in a protest against the Guthi Bill at Maitighar Mandala in the Capital in June. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

A view of the Champadevi and Chandragiri hills covered in snow as seen in the Capital. Keshav Thapa/TKP

An elderly woman picks apples from a tree at Talcha village in Chhayanath Rara Municipality of Mugu District. Rajkumar Shahi/TKP

A man carries a child on his back through a flooded street at Kalanki in the Capital during a heavy rainfall in July 2019. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Passengers travel perilously by sitting on the roof of a bus while returning to Kathmandu from their home district after Dashain vacations, as seen at Jarayotaar in Sindhuli. Keshav Thapa/TKP

Victims of the windstorm that wreaked havoc across many Tarai districts stranded in front of a destroyed house in Bara in March 2019. Elite Joshi/TKP

A man talks on a mobile phone as he walks past a mural depicting human evolution in Pulchowk, Lalitpur. Deepak KC/TKP

Fumes rise up over the sky after a fire broke out at a warehouse of BNRO Traders located at Nakkhudole in Lalitpur. Angad Dhakal/TKP

A person removes muck to identify the number of a border pillar that was swept away by a flood in Chiraai River at Geduwajyot 06, Bijaynagar in Kapilvastu. Manoj Poudel/TKP

A person suffering from dengue takes medicine at Teku Sukraraj Hospital in September 2019. Kabin Adhikari/TKP

A woman sits outside a “Chau Goth”, a menstruation hut, in western Nepal. Chhaupadi is a form of menstrual taboo which prohibits Hindu women from participating in normal family activities while menstruating, as they are considered "impure". Menuka Dhungana/TKP

Lawmaker-elect from Kailali constituency-1 Resham Chaudhary, the main accused in the 2015 Tikapur incident, takes oath from Federal Parliament Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara at the meeting hall of Agriculture Committee in Singha Durbar in January. Keshav Thapa/TKP

A labourer takes a nap at the Kalimati fruits and vegetable market in Kathmandu. Kabin Adhikari/TKP

Local children run over the newly constructed track for the 8th National Games at Beljhundi, in Dang. Anish Regmi/TKP

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on the way to present the government’s policies and programmes at the Federal Parliament Building at New Baneshwor. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba walks past Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to present the amendment proposal on the Government’s Policy and Programme at the House of Representatives in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu. Elite Joshi/TKP

Ayesha Shakya bursts into tears after winning gold in women’s taekwondo during the 13th South Asian Games organised in Kathmandu. Elite Joshi/TKP

Paras Khadka speaks with media personnel while making an unofficial announcement on his resignation from the post of Captain of the national cricket team at Hotel Royal Empire in the Capital in October 2019. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Purna Bahadur KC, 53, watches the live streaming of the budget presentation for the fiscal year 2018-19 by Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada, at Paurakhi squatter area in Thapathali, Kathmandu. Anish Regmi/TKP

A worker chops down trees at the Bafal area as part of the Kalanki-Balaju-Maharajgunj Ring Road Expansion Project. Keshav Thapa/TKP

Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari addresses the attendees regarding the irregularities while procuring two wide-body aircraft during a press meet organised at the Singhadurbar in Kathmandu in January. Adhikari was killed in a helicopter crash in Taplejung on February 27. Anish Regmi/TKP

A woman from the Tharu community collects Ghonghi (mud-water snails found in paddy fields and ponds) in Arnauhwa Pond at Saduwa Village, Bardiya. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

A motorist negotiates through a waterlogged road section at Bhaktapur. Angad Dhakal/TKP

Arjun Lama from Suichatar waits for a taxi after purchasing fertiliser from Sajha Pasal Sewa, Bhadrakali, Kathmandu. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

Chinese President Xi Jinping receives the guard of honour on his arrival for a two-day state visit to Nepal at Tribhuvan International Airport in October 2019. Angad Dhakal/TKP

An Asian Openbill bird sits atop a tree at Ramapur in Kapilvastu. Manoj Poudel/TKP

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli shakes hands with Free Madhes campaigner and coordinator of Alliance for Independent Madhes CK Raut during an agreement signing ceremony organised at City Hall in Kathmandu. Angad Dhakal/TKP

Students of Bhagwat Sanyash Ashram and Gurukul play football after school at Pashupati Temple premises in the Capital. Keshav Thapa/TKP

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a video conference to jointly inaugurate South Asia’s first cross border petroleum pipeline from Motihari in India to Amlekhgunj in Nepal. Photo courtesy of Prime Minister’s Office

Nepal's swimming prodigy Gaurika Singh after winning her first gold for Nepal in a swimming event in the 13th South Asian Games. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP

A view of the settlements of Barpak village in Gorkha, four years after the devastating 2015 earthquakes. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

Devotees pull the three-storey chariot of lord Bhairavnath, built in pagoda style, from Bhairav temple at Taumadhi to Gahiti on the first day of Bisket Jatra in Bhaktapur. Elite Joshi/TKP

A member of the Nepal Army bomb disposal squad defuses a suspected bomb in Chapagaun, Lalitpur. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP

Journalists stage a symbolic demonstration against the Media Council Bill at New Baneshwor in Kathmandu. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

NCP chief of the foreign department Madhav Kumar Nepal and Chief of the International Liaison Department of Communist Party of China (CPC) Song Tao sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutual cooperation in September. Angad Dhakal/TKP

A woman weaves a cotton thread as she sits under the shadow of a fallen tree to beat the heat at Majhitar, Nuwakot. Keshav Thapa/TKP

A reveler takes part in an LGBTQI pride parade to mark Gaijatra Festival, also known as the festival of cows in Kathmandu. Kabin Adhikari/TKP

People walk towards their destinations after locals and shopkeepers halted vehicular movement during a protest organised to demand the timely construction of roads at Boudha in Kathmandu. Anish Regmi/TKP

Monkeys play with clothes left to dry at Pashupatinath Temple premises in the Capital. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa surrounded by media personnel at Tribhuvan International Airport after returning from his 24th expedition to Mount Everest. Anish Regmi/TKP

A general view of Jacaranda trees in full bloom along the ring road section at Mahalaxmisthan in Lalitpur. Anish Regmi/TKP

Cadres of NSU, the student wing of the main opposition Nepali Congress, chants slogans during a protest against the government in the Capital in January 2019. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

A girl walks towards her school as she crosses a suspension bridge over Trishuli River, at Galchi, Dhading. Keshav Thapa/TKP

People stage a demonstration against the government’s decision to fell trees for the construction of Nijgadh International airport, in Jawalakhel at Lalitpur. According to officials, around 24 lakhs trees will be felled for the construction of the airport. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP

Nepali Congress lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam, who was arrested in relation to 2008 Rauthat blast, is brought at the district court in Gaur, Rautahat, in October. Shiva Puri/TKP

A woman plucks Lahure flowers at a farm in Icchangu, Kathmandu. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

Children go to their school on a rickshaw during a rainy day near Samakhusi in Kathmandu. Kabin Adhikari/TKP

A lightning is seen from Bhaktapur during a stormy night. Angad Dhakal/TKP

Lalitpur Madhyamik Vidyalaya Vice Principal Geeta Sitaula briefs students, teachers, parents and media personnel about the school's decision regarding the sexual allegations made by students against teacher Bodh Raj Tripathee. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP