A youth activist shouts while being arrested by the Police during a protest against women violence and rape in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, August 18, 2018.
A woman looks out a window as idols of Deity Dipankar Buddha are placed for prayers during Pancha Dan festival in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal on Saturday, August 18, 2018. The major highlights of the festival are giving away five elements also known as five summer gifts including wheat grains, rice grains, salt, money and fruit. The Buddhists observe Pancha Dan by displacing gigantic antique statues of Deity Dipankar Buddha that are paraded around town
Nepalese devotees circumambulate the temple to offer prayers during Bagh Bhairav festival in the ancient Nepalese city of Kirtipur, Nepal on Friday, August 17, 2018. It is believed that devotees who circle the Bagh Bairav temple a 108 times will be blessed with good health and success.
A Lakhey performs a traditional dance during Bagh Bhairav festival in the ancient Nepalese city of Kirtipur, Nepal on Friday, August 17, 2018. It is believed that devotees who circle the Bagh Bairav temple a 108 times will be blessed with good health and success.
A worker walks along an under-pass road, the first of its kind in Nepal at Kalanki in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, August 16, 2018.
A while pekin duck is pictured on a pond in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, August 16, 2018.
A Nepalese devotee pours milk on the idol of the snake on the day of Nag Panchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, August 16, 2018. Nepalese across the country and abroad celebrate Nag Panchami, a Hindu festival that celebrates human nature relations by worshipping snakes.
An activist wearing a mask takes part in an awareness campaign in opposition to violence against animals at Swayambhunath Stupa premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, August 11, 2018.
Devotees burn a straw effigy of mythical demon Ghanta Karna during celebrations of the Hindu festival Gathemangal in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Thursday, August 09, 2018. According to myths it is believed that by burning the demon rid evil spirits and ward off diseases from children.
A child reacts after her mother swings her around a fire and smoke where a straw effigy of the mythical demon 'Ghanta Karna' was burnt during celebrations of the Hindu festival Gathemangal in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, 01 August 2016. Locals of Bhaktapur gathered for the festival, believing that burning straw effigies of the demon wards off major diseases from children.
