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Updated at : November 8, 2025 12:05
A black-headed gull with food on its beak is seen in the Bagmati River at Kupandole on Monday. Flocks of these migratory visitors have been spotted around the rivers and water bodies of the Kathmandu Valley in recent days. These sea birds travel from the frozen north to winter in Asia’s warmer climes. They feed mainly on insects, seeds, worms, and carrion. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP
Sadhus with painted faces, and draped in sacred hues of saffron, red, and yellow pose for a foreign tourist in the Pashupati area inKathmandu. This picture was taken last week. Dipen Shrestha/TKP
Devotees carry Toran, a flower-studded grass twine, to be stretched across the Kaligandaki river at Rampur on the border of Palpa and Syangja, on Saturday. This ritual is significant as a form of worship for Vishnu, who is believed to wake up after a long sleep on Haribodhini Ekadashi. The river is famous for the fossil rock Shaligram, one of the forms the Hindu lord is believed to take. Madhav Aryal/TKP
Rastriya Swatantra Party chief Rabi Lamichhane, who is in judicial custody for cooperative fraud, is brought to Singha Durbar for questioning on Wednesday in connection with his alleged escape from Nakkhu jail on September 9. He claimed he had been freed by jail officials. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP
Footballers protest at the main gate of All Nepal Football Association in Satdobato, Lalitpur, on Thursday seeking resumption of national league. Hemanta Shrestha/TKP
General Secretary Netra Bikram Chand of Nepal Communist Party greets his party members at a mass meet of the party in Kathmandu on Thursday. Deepak KC/TKP
A woman in cultural attire at Basantapur Durbar Square on Friday. Suryams Upreti/TKP