NEW YEAR COLOURS: Artist Surendra Chitrakar creates a mandala using eight ingredients at Ward 27 in Patan for the 1126 Nepali era celebrations on Tuesday.

CEASEFIRE SCRAWL: Nepalis who gathered for a rally against the new media ordinance at Basantapur on Friday also lined up to sign their names on a petition calling for an extension of the Maoist ceasefire.

DECORATED: Rajendra Khetan being awarded the "Grande Official Da Ordem Do Infante D Herique", the National Order of Portugal, on behalf of the President of Portugal. The award was presented to Khetan for making a significant contribution to Portugal-Nepal relations.

PEACE JAMMIN': Thousands gathered at Bhaktapur Darbar Square for the grande finale of the Travelling Peace Concert last Sunday.

GO, GO, GOAL: Participants of the TBS PTA Trophy posing after the one-day football tournament. Rs 150,000 was raised in the event for Sathsath a welfare group for street children.