Activists gather at Maitighar Mandala on Saturday demanding justice for environment activist Dilip Mahato, who was murdered on 10 January 2020,

People take to the streets on Friday demanding justice for a sexual violence survivor after she shared her story this week. They also called for an end to the statute of limitation on cases of rape and other sexual offences in Nepal.

Victory rally by Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party in Bhaktapur. Sunil Prajapati is re-elected Mayor with 29,200 votes, and Rajani Joshi is Deputy mayor with 29,695 votes. The party made a clean sweep in the city also winning all 10 ward chairperson posts.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal marked its 29th anniversary on 19 May with a celebration of the doubling of the country’s tiger population and zero rhino poaching. It also inducted a new advisory board with Lisa Choegyal, Anil Chitrakar and Kunda Dixit.

Officials start counting the votes on Saturday, a day after the local elections in Rastriya Sabha Griha, Kathmandu.

Ballot boxes from across the Kathmandu Valley being collected at Rastriya Sabha Griha at the end of the day on Friday.

People queue up outside a polling station to vote in the local elections in Bhaktapur on Friday.

Preparations underway for local elections in Kathmandu on Thursday.

Keynote speaker Ravish Kumar, Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India signing the Nepali translation of his book 'The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation' at the Himal Media Mela in Kathmandu.

People from Muslim community celebrate Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting in Kashmiri Masjid, Kathmandu.

Locals pull the chariot of Rato Machindranath, the god of rain from Mangal Bazaar to Sundhara on Friday.

Huma Shrestha weaves a traditional dhaka shawl in a handloom in Palpa. Each shawl takes up to five days to make.

The US Congressional delegation led by Senator Kristen Gillibrand called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday. The team is on a three-day visit to Nepal.

Visitors take in the sunset from Phewa Lake, Pokhara on Saturday.

Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO arrived in Kathmandu on 21 April at the invitation of Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada. During his three-day visit, the Director-General will call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, PM Sher Bahadur Deuba, and Chairperson of the National Assembly Ganesh Prashad Timilsina.

Devotees in Kathmandu pull the chariot of Karunamaya, the god of compassion on Saturday.

Nepali climber Lhakpa Sherpa is aiming to scale the world's highest peak for the tenth time this season. Sherpa, 48 had climbed Mt Everest for the first time in 2000.

Devotees pull the Bhairav chariot in Bhaktapur. Today is the first day, also known as Dhwo kwabijyaigu, of Biska Jatra marking the end of one Bikram Sambat year and the start of another.

The Newar community in Madhyapur Thimi celebrate Sindoor Jatra marking a new year and the advent of the spring season. Devotees carry idols of deities in palanquins across the ancient city while singing and dancing to traditional drum and dhimay music.

A student at Darbar High School, Kathmandu receives the typhoid vaccine on Thursday. With support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, WHO, UNICEF and other partners, Nepal government has launched the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine campaign across Nepal.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurates the Chobhar dry port in Kirtipur on Tuesday. The dry port was constructed with a loan of Rs1.54 billion from the World Bank and occupies 11.77 hectares.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba leaves for New Delhi on Friday. Deuba is on a three-day visit to India at the invitation of his Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Applicants at the selection examinations for the temporary election police on Tuesday. Nepal Police received 293,216 applications for 100,000 positions.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hands over the key of the new airport in Pokhara to his Nepali counterpart Narayan Khadka on Saturday. The much-delayed $217 million project was built with a loan from China’s Exim Bank and will start operating later this year.