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The week in 36 photos

Here are some of the best photos taken by our photographers in between February 22-28.

A woman plucks roses from an installation on the Pashupatinath Temple premises which was decked in flowers ahead of the Mahashivaratri festival. But the decorations didn’t last more than a day. Angad Dhakal/TKP

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Published at : February 29, 2020

Updated at : February 29, 2020 19:45

Some of the best shot from the past week.

A man works under perilous conditions at a brick kiln in Bhaktapur. Deepak KC/TKP

Visitors enjoy a boat ride at the ancient Pimbahal Pond, also known as Jadmadu Pukhu, at Pimbahal in Lalitpur on Saturday. Anish Regmi/TKP

Farmers harvest green garlic at their farm in Pepsicola, Kathmandu, on Sunday. Deepak KC/TKP

A child enjoys playing badminton at Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur. Anish Regmi/TKP

A sadhu smiles after receiving travel allowance distributed by the Pashupati Area Development Trust and Guthi Sansthan in Pashupati, Kathmandu, on Sunday. Hundreds of ascetics from different parts of the country and neighbouring India had made pilgrimage to the Pashupatinath temple for this year’s Shivaratri festival. Anish Regmi/TKP

A woman uses a hand pump to draw water in Chyasal, Lalitpur. Elite Joshi/TKP

Masked dancers perform the Cham dance at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery at Boudha in Kathmandu on Saturday. The show is put on two days before Lhosar festival to ward off evil spirits. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Workers without protective gears demolish a house in Kapan, Kathmandu. Deepak KC/TKP

A Buddhist lama offers blessings to devotees on the first day of Gyalpo Lhosar at Seto Gumba in Bouddha, Kathmandu, on Monday. Elite Joshi/TKP

Mustard flowers ring in the spring season in Chhampi, Lalitpur on Monday. Anish Regmi/TKP

A man sells prayer materials outside Kaal Bhairab Temple in Kathmandu. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

A worker is seen cleaning a solar panel of street light in Kathmandu. Elite Joshi/TKP

People from the Musahar community in Bardibas, Mahottari, splash boiling milk over their bodies as part of the ritual for kul (family deity) pooja. Sunita Baral/TKP

Workers, suppliers and sub-contractors who worked in the construction of Nepal Army headquarters building in Bhadrakali stage a demonstration demanding payment in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

A woman carrying a load on her back walks with a child at Hanuman Dhoka Dubar Square in Basantapur. Elite Joshi/TKP

A group of monks walk on a street where drainage pipes are being laid, in Bouddha, Kathmandu, on Tuesday. Elite Joshi/TKP

A woman spins a yarn on a Charkha, a spinning wheel, at Khokana in Lalitpur on Tuesday. She uses wool from sheep and Himalayan goat to make the thread. On average, a kilogram of thread fetches Rs 160. Anish Regmi/TKP

A woman sells tea on a cart in Kalanki, Kathmandu on Wednesday. Anish Regmi/TKP

People pass their time sitting outside a temple at Makhan in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Elite Joshi/TKP

Two girls return home from school in Thapathali, Kathmandu, on Wednesday. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP

Pedestrians skirt around a waterlogged footpath in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Kabin Adhikari/TKP

Workers carry dried bricks to a kiln at a brick factory in Bhaktapur. Pratham Bista/TKP

People cross a make-shift bridge in Khokana, Kathmandu. Deepak KC/TKP

A vegetable farmer at his farm in Pepsicola, Kathmandu. Deepak KC/TKP

Horsemen wait for customers in Kanyam, Ilam. Horseback ride around tea estates in the area are popular among tourists. Chandra Karki/TKP

Workers prepare paint a structure at a park in Sankhamul, Kathmandu. Elite Joshi/TKP

A boy runs towards pigeons at Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur. Pratham Bista/TKP

Commuters risk their lives hanging out from the opening of an overcrowded tempo in Chhauni, Kathmandu. Anish Regmi/TKP

Pedestrians walk past a hole in the footpath at Satdobato, Lalitpur, on Friday. Such holes have become an ambush for pedestrians and cyclists, particularly at night. Anish Regmi/TKP

Items put on sale during a fair at Beljhundi in Dang. Manoj Paudel/TKP

Locals arrange oranges from various parts of Myagdi district before taking them to market. Ghanashyam Khadka/TKP

Vehicles queue at Khurkot in Sindhuli along BP Highway after locals obstructed the highway demanding arrest of a driver who knocked down an elderly. Raj Kumar Karki/TKP