KILLING TIME: A Maoist cadre (left) and policewoman wait outside the prime minister\'s residence in Baluwatar during the summit talks last Friday.
(KIRAN PANDAY)

TELLING IT TO THE WORLD: The BBC\'s Charles Haviland interviews Bhutani refugees staging a relay hunger strike in front of the UN building in Pulchok, on Tuesday, World Refugee Day.
(KIRAN PANDAY)


AYO NOON: Sushil the Magician turns paper into iodised salt at an event at Patan Darbar Square on Tuesday to mark Indian assistance for iodine deficiency and goitre control.
(MIN BAJRACHARYA)


TRADITIONAL TUNES: Newar girls perform traditional music at Shiva Parbati Dabali on Wednesday to mark the occasion of World Music Day. Shiva and Parbati watch from window overhead.
(KIRAN PANDAY)