IS IT A BOMB? Army personnel taking a video of an unexploded socket bomb on Sunday morning after the attack on the Thankot police checkpost on Saturday evening. PIC: KIRAN PANDAY

STILL FREE: Madhab Nepal waves at the media after attending a program organised by the South Asian Free Media Association on Thursday. PIC: KIRAN PANDAY

LIKE MOTHER LIKE SISTER: Head of Missionaries of Charity Sister Nirmala shares a laugh after her arrival in Kathmandu on Sunday. PIC: KIRAN PANDAY

ETHINICALLY ELEGANT: Tharu women in a program organised by the Nepal Tourism Board to mark Maghe Sankranti, the most important festival of the Tharu community. PIC: KIRAN PANDAY

DOOMSDAY DRAMA: Artists from the Kaalbhairav Event Management group performing a play (peace on war and violence) on the consequences of conflict at Hanumandhoka on Tuesday. PIC: MIN BAJRACHARYA