Local shamans perform ancient rites during Janai Purnima on Sunday.

Locals in Bhaktapur ceremonially bathe the bronze serpent on the occasion of Nag Panchami, the festival of the multi-headed serpent god on Friday.

Eyes are front and centre in Sushank Kalapremi Shrestha's joint ceramics exhibition, Where the wild things are, with his parents, renowned artist Gopal Kalapremi Shrestha and Yamuna Shrestha.

Children beat the heat indulging in a bath at a Hiti in Chyasal, Patan on Monday afternoon.

The first batch of the 1.6 million COVID-19 vaccines donated by Japan to Nepal through the COVAX facility arrives at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Saturday.

Denizens of Bhaktapur burn effigies of demons to celebrate age-old Gathemuga festival on Friday.

A young girl from Newa community participates in the final day rituals of the coming of age ceremony 'Bahra Tayegu' ceremony in Bhaktapur.

Former captain of Nepal's national cricket team Paras Khadka announced his retirement in a press meet in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

Staff from YOYO Zipline in Ghyampe Danda, Suryabinayak participate in Fire and Rope rescue drills on Wednesday. Volunteers from Bhaktapur’s Emergency Rescue group RNA16 are training the participants on disaster preparedness.

Shilpee Theatre is back after over a year of inaction with the drama 'Anupasthit Teen', based on a French play. Only a limited number of people are allowed inside the theatre but the play is also available online.

The muddy waters of the Indrawati bringing down the Melamchi flood at left merging with the Bhote Kosi at Dolalghat on Monday.

The long queue of Nepali migrant workers for vaccine certification at Teku Hospital on Saturday. The crowd was relatively more manageable on Sunday after three other hospitals also started issuing the certificates for outgoing workers.

Mt Machhapuchre as seen from Pokhara's Amarsingh Chowk on Friday.

Chilren play football in the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley with the schools continuing to remain shut as part of Covid-19 restrictions in Nepal.

Japanese Ambassador Kikuta Yutaka and prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba meet in Kathmandu this week where the two discussed bilateral relations and Covid-19 assistance. Japan earlier announced 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Nepal in aid.

Nepali photojournalists on Tuesday paid tribute to Danish Siddiqui, who was killed while covering Afghanistan on 16 July.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won a trust vote in the House of Representatives on Sunday. He needed a simple majority of 136 to pass the floor test, he received 165 votes

Former Prime Minister and UML leader K P Oli leave the parliament after Nepali Congress's Sher Bahadur wins confidence vote in the House on Sunday.

Former Prime Minister K P Oli returns to Balkot after three and a half years in Baluwatar flanked by his supporters.

Sher Bahadur Deuba has been sworn in as Nepal’s PM for the fifth time in 20 years. The swearing-in was delayed for hours following a controversy over the letter from the Office of the President which failed to mention the constitutional provision under which Deuba was appointed.

Youth affiliated with the CPN-UML staged protests outside the Supreme Court in Kathmandu on Monday against its verdict that guaranteed Sher Bahadur Deuba his fifth prime ministership.

The 1.5 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine by the United States under the COVAX facility has arrived in Kathmandu via a Qatar Airways flight. US Ambassador Randy Berry and Health Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha were at the airport to receive the consignment.

Student Union affiliated with the ruling CPN-UML staged street demonstration on the eve of the Verdict Day. On Monday, the Supreme Court is expected to deliver verdict over two dozens writ petitions filed after the dissolution of the parliament on May.

Incessant rainfall since Friday has inundated roads all over Kathmandu Valley, obstructing vehicular movement and adding to the woes of pedestrians.