The week in 10 photos

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

A farmer in Naurunga of Bardiya’s Geruwa Rural Municipality employs oxen to level the field after sowing wheat seeds in this recent photo. With farmers increasingly adopting tractors, the use of oxen in tilling land is fast disappearing. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP

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Published at : December 16, 2023

Updated at : December 16, 2023 17:28

Here are some best shots from the week.

People keep a night’s vigil in the Pashupati area praying for the redemption of their departed family members’ souls before scattering seven types of grains on Balachaturdashi on Monday morning. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

People of Lalitpur confront activists led by Iih (right) who advocate arrangements for street vendors to do business, at Lalitpur metropolis office on Tuesday. The counter-protesters argue that roads are better off without street vendors. Sanjog Manandhar/TKP

Parents and relatives of the six Dalit youths, who were killed in Rukum West in an act of caste-based discrimination in 2020, join a function in Kathmandu on Friday to express their gratitude for the justice given to the victims. The Rukum West District Court last week sentenced 24 individuals to life imprisonment on murder charges, and two others to two years in prison. Angad Dhakal/TKP

Devotees wait in a line to sprinkle an assortment of seven grains on the occasion of Bala Chaturdashi festival in the Pashupatinath area, Kathmandu on Monday morning. Devotees who lost their family members in the past one year observe the ritual wishing well for the dead. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP

This picture taken last week shows a scooter negotiating a muddy back alley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. Deepak KC/TKP

A panoramic view of the Birendranagar bazaar seen from Telpani in Barahatal Rural Municipality, Surkhet. Telpani sits 1,400m above sea level. Manoj Paudel/TKP

People remove weed from Bhajya Pokhari as part of a drive to clean up the pond in Bhaktapur on Thursday. Deepak KC/TKP

Local women roast rice to prepare bhuja (puffed rice) at Pharena village in Sammarimai Rural Municipality of Rupandehi. In winter, omen in the neighbourhood come to the house and use its oven to roast grains such as rice, maize, soyabean and gram, to be chewed for snacks. In return for using the facility in the locality, they give a share of their grains to the owner. Sanju Poudel/TKP