KING AND PRIME MINISTER: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba welcomes King Gyanendra and Queen Komal with khada in Lumbini on Wednesday morning as the royal couple arrived by helicopter from Kathmandu

WELCOME BACK: Royal Nepali Army brass welcome home Chief of Army Staff Pyar Jung Thapa after his three-day trip to India on Tuesday evening.

MOONLIT: The Tuladhar community celebrates Halimali Bwayagu marking the first full moon after Dasain on 26 November at Annapurna temple, Ason.

ON HIGH ALERT: Unified Command patrol guards the Humla District Hospital during a health camp organised by the Nepal Trust last week.

FOLK BEAT: French ambassador Michel Jolivet releasing 'Folk Roots', a music album by Kutumba and East meets West Music Box at Aksheshwor Mahabihar in Patan on 27 November.