The week in 14 photos

Here are some of the photos taken by our photojournalists this week.

Visitors row canoes at the Phewa lake in Pokhara, Kaski on Wednesday. As mercury rises, more people are taking to ponds and lakes of late. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP

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Published at : August 5, 2023

Updated at : August 5, 2023 15:42

Here are the best shots from the week.

Students of the Institute of Engineering’s Thapathali Campus in Kathmandu stage a demonstration against alleged attempts by the college administration to hike tuition fees of various bachelor’s level engineering courses by 140 percent. They also demanded that the college be moved to a peaceful location, among other things. Angad Dhakal/TKP

A sadhu pours panchamrit, a mixture of milk, curd, honey, jaggery and ghee, on the idol of Lord Shiva at Makhan in Kathmandu on Monday. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Personnel at the Balkumari Police Post in Koteshwar, Kathmandu manage motorcycles seized for various traffic offences over the past few years. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP

People demonstrate outside City Hall in Kathmandu on Saturday against the metropolis forcefully removing vendors as it implements a ban on street business. Deepak KC/TKP

The family of Arati Saha camp at Maitighar in Kathmandu on Tuesday to demand justice for her killing. The resident of Dhanusha was murdered nine weeks ago, allegedly by her in-laws for not bringing enough dowry. Her relatives have been protesting in the Capital for a month and half. Keshav Thapa/TKP

People wash their laundry at the Misa Hiti stone spouts at Bagalamukhi in Lalitpur on Wednesday. Elite Joshi/TKP

Private sector contractors stage a demonstration at New Baneshwar, Kathmandu, on Monday demanding that the government release the payments for completed works without delay. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Municipal officials use a hydraulic hammer to tear down the unlawfully built concrete slabs over the Samakhushi brook at Ranibari in Kathmandu on Monday. Keshav Thapa/TKP

Devotees offer prayers at Machchhenarayan Temple during the Machchhenarayan Mela in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, on Saturday. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Victims of cooperatives march from Maitighar to New Baneshwar in Kathmandu on Thursday demanding the security of their savings. Later in the day, they reached a seven-point agreement with the government that includes setting up a fund to guarantee the deposits. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Victims of the Maoist insurgency stage a sit-in in outside the Kathmandu District Court at Babar Mahal on Friday. They were protesting perceived attempts by the government to amend the transitional justice law to benefit the perpetrators of human rights violations. Post Photo

A couple ventures out to sell flower plants on a cart as it rains at Fasku in Nagarjun Municipality on Saturday. Keshav Thapa/TKP

A boy selling cotton candy and inflated balloons on a long pole pictured crossing the footbridge across the Bagmati river at Shankhamul on Tuesday. Deepak KC/TKP