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Updated at : February 22, 2020 08:39
Best shots from the past week.
A worker carries out welding at an arch bridge over Dobikhola in Kathmandu on Sunday. Keshav Thapa/TKPAn old man spends time with his pet dog in Chayasikot, Lalitpur. Keshav Thapa/TKPBuddhist monks wear masks as they attend a mass prayer for coronavirus victims organised by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and monks from Ka-Nying Monastery, in Bouddha, Kathmandu on Saturday. Sanjog Manandhar/TKPA labourer collects aggregates on a basket at a house construction site in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Anish Regmi/TKPChildren carrying wood return home from the banks of Bagmati River in Sanepa, Lalitpur, on Sunday. Anish Regmi/TKPA vegetable seller arranges spring onions into a bundle in Kalimati, Kathmandu. Beeju Maharjan/TKPChildren play on a mound of soil covered with a plastic sheet in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Beeju Maharjan/TKPExcavators at work at the Farsidole section of the Kathmandu-Nijgadh expressway project, in Lalitpur. Anish Regmi/TKPNepali evacuees are seen outside tents at a coronavirus quarantine site in Kharipati, Bhaktapur, on Monday. A total of 175 people have been kept there to wait out a 14-day quarantine after being evacuated from the Chinese province of Hubei where a deadly new coronavirus originated. Elite Joshi/TKPA worker carries construction materials up the upper tiers of Kumbheshwor Mahadev temple in Bagalamukhi, Lalitpur. The temple was damage in the 2015 earthquakes. Keshav Thapa/TKPPeople use an under-construction overhead bridge to cross the road in Balkumari, Lalitpur. Elite Joshi/TKPA woman prepares bara, a traditional Newari dish, in Bhaktapur. Beeju Maharjan/TKPSadhus rest at the Pashupati temple area in Kathmandu. Hundreds of holy men from around the country and India are expected to visit the temple for the Mahashivaratri festival this year. Sanjog Manandhar/TKPA woman carries dung cakes in a basket in Lalpur village, Dang. Dung cakes are still used as a fuel for cooking in the village . Anish Regmi/TKPWorkers set up a structure for the Shivaratri festival, at Pashupati in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP Nepal Army personnel participate in a rehearsal for the Shivaratri festival and Army Day in Tundikhel, Kathmandu on Tuesday. Sanjog Manandhar/TKPA farmer pulls out weed from a vegetable field at Khokana in Lalitpur on Tuesday. Anish Regmi/TKPWorkers extract honey from beehives placed on a mustard field in Mahita of Taulihawa, Kapilvastu district. Manoj Paudel/TKPMunicipal workers manage cables in Birgunj Metropolitan City on Wednesday. Shankar Acharya/TKPSoldiers release pigeons during the Democracy Day celebrations, at Tundhikhel in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Elite Joshi/TKPWomen walk through mustard fields in Khaiepati, Bhaktapur carrying water on their backs. The Valley faces severe water crisis due to depleting groundwater levels. Elite Joshi/TKPThe Pashupati temple area in Kathmandu is decked up, on the eve of the Mahashivaratri festival. Angad Dhakal/TKPA man removes a bamboo stretcher used to carry a body from the Bagmati river in Pashupati Aryaghat, Kathmandu. Sanjog Manandhar/TKPAbdul Rasik Sheikh teaches Urdu to the children from Muslim community in Nepalgunj, Banke. The city in western Tarai has a sizeable Muslim population. Madhu Shahi/TKPArtist Bikram Shrestha gives final touches to his painting of Krishna Mandir in Patan Durbar Square, on Thursday. Kabin Adhikari/TKPA sadhu smokes marijuana at Pashupati on Friday. Thousands of sadhus from Nepal and India come to the temple to observe Mahashivaratri every year. (Right) Army personnel participate in a parade to mark Army Day, which falls on the same day as the Hindu festival, at Tundikhel in Kathmandu. Kabin Adhikari and Elite Joshi/TKPA worker crushes mustard seeds at an oil mill in Khokana, Lalitpur. Beeju Maharjan/TKPA dozer levels the road inside the Chitwan National Park in Bharatpur, Chitwan. Ramesh Kumar Paudel/TKPA girl puts lipstick on her friend during a school programme of Damauli Model Academy in Tanahun. Samjhana Rasailee/TKPA woman returns with a load of feeding for her cattle in Molung Rural Municipality, Okhaldhunga. Kumbha Raj Rai/TKPA farmer uses oxes to plough his field at Jaljala in Parbat. Agandhar Tiwari/TKP