HEAVE HO: The chariot of Rato Machhindranath is dragged through Patan Darbar Square on Monday. Its journey around Lalitpur will last several months. (PIC: KIRAN PANDAY)

NEXT IN LINE: The Central Working Committee of the UML meets on Thursday morning to discuss who will be the next general secretary of the party, following the resignation of Madhab Kumar Nepal. (PIC: MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA)

ANTHROPOMORPHOSIS: The theatre group Studio 7 stages Reineke the Fox, a dramatic adaptation of Goethe's poem Reineke Fuchs at the Naga Theatre, Hotel Vajra. (PIC: MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA)

BUDDHA\'S WATCHING US: Human rights activist Kapil Shrestha (left) before addressing a group of Nepali Tibetans at Boudha on Saturday to express solidarity with monks in Tibet.