TALK TIME: Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and UML chief Madhab Nepal chat at the opening sitting of parliament\'s monsoon session on Wednesday.
(KIRAN PANDAY)

HISTORY FOR WINNERS: Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai stopped off in Zimmerwald near Berne, Switzerland to see where the international communist movement split into the revolutionaries and social democrats in 1915. Trotsky, Lenin, and other prominent European communists of the time attended the conference. Zimmerwald is also known for its collection of wind instruments.
(CPN-M)

ON THE SAME SIDE: Chief of Army Staff Rukmangat Katuwal stands to attention to the Star-Spangled Banner at the 231st US independence day celebration on 3 July at the Yak&Yeti.
(MIN BAJRACHARYA)