bookmarkPublished at : July 29, 2023
Updated at : July 29, 2023 14:58
Here are the best shots from the week.
A caterpillar lurking on a grass leaf pictured at the Bagmati corridor in Kupondole, Kathmandu recently. Deepak KC/TKPDevotees offer prayers on the Budhanilkantha temple premises in Kathmandu on Thursday. Keshav Thapa/TKPA man with a bicycle heavily laden with goods fords the Babai River at Jabdighat in Bardiya on Monday. After a flood last October swept away the bridge, people have to either wade through or use a boat (in the background) to cross the river. Kamal Panthi/TKPA rickshaw puller waits for passengers at Indrachowk in Kathmandu on Friday. Elite Joshi/TKPLalita Niwas residents put up copies of building permits and other documents at the entrance to their colony at Baluwatar, Kathmandu. In a fresh investigation into the high-profile land scam, owners and government officials have been arrested. The residents complain of harassment. Sanjog Manandhar/TKPWomen enjoy the Jhor waterfall on the northern rim of Kathmandu Valley in this recent photo. Elite Joshi/TKPA man walks along a Basantapur street carrying the frame of publicity material for reuse in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Elite Joshi/TKPNewar women in traditional finery head for a Bhimratharohan or Janku ceremony of their elderly relative at Patan on Friday. Bhimratharohan is a ritual celebrating 84th birthday. Hemanta Shrestha/TKPVictims of malpractices of micro-finance companies march in Kathmandu on Sunday to protest against the firms and the government’s indifference to their problems. Keshav Thapa/TKPPeople protest against the Rubin Museum of Art for offering 20,000 dollars for a museum project at Itumbahal, Indra Chowk in Kathmandu, on Friday. The New York-based museum, which hosts a number of artefacts stolen from Nepal, wants to open a museum at the Mahavihar, campaigners say. The protesters have termed the plan to manage the living museum kept up by the local residents for centuries as a form of ‘cultural invasion’. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP