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Updated at : November 2, 2024 15:37
CPN (Maoist Centre) leaders and supporters march around Tundikhel before converging into to a mass meeting on the Exhibition Road in Kathmandu on Saturday. Deepak KC/TKP A cattle egret rests on a waste heap in the middle of Bagmati River near Thapathali, Kathmandu on Saturday. Safal Prakash Shrestha/TKPA woman winnows paddy at Yoshikhel in Bhaktapur on Thursday. Farmers across the country are currently busy harvesting rice. Deepak KC/TKPConfectioners prepare traditional Fini sweets made of flour and ghee, inside the Kashthamandap Lakhamari Factory at Teku, Kathmandu on Sunday. Demand for the sweets soars during the Tihar festival, which starts on Wednesday. Safal Prakash Shrestha/TKPA municipal worker waters new Bermuda grass at Khula Manch, Kathmandu’s historic site for political rallies and open-air markets, which is being renovated as a public playground, on Monday. The iconic acoustic shell is seen in the backdrop Safal Prakash Shrestha/TKPA farmer plucks marigold flowers in Ichangunarayan, Kathmandu on Tuesday, as Tihar begins. The festival culminates in Bhaitika on Sunday, when sisters and brothers exchange tika and garlands. A bulk of the flowers also goes into decorating shop fronts, house entrances and doors. Safal Prakash Shrestha/TKPCrows feast on offerings made by the faithful on the occasion of Kag Tihar (crow festival) at a home in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Deepak KC/TKP A night view of Kathmandu captured from Kankali on the outskirts of the Valley on Wednesday. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP Nepal Police personnel worship dogs at K-9 Centre in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu on the occasion of Kukur Tihar on Thursday. Kukur Tihar is celebrated to honour the loyalty of dogs, the messengers of Lord Yamaraj, during the Yamapanchak. Safal Prakash Shrestha/TKP