A sculptor giving finishing touches on an idol of Goddess Durga to sell in the markets for the coming Dashain festival in Lalitpur, Nepal on Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
Purna Chitrakar, 74, give finishing paint touches after making the masks of the 13 deities for the coming Navadurga festival at their home in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Rajesh Chitrakar says his father did not have enough money to buy a board to write with chalk for school, therefore he started painting since he was 15. Last year the municipality, Guthi Sansthan and religion committee provided them a total of Rs200,000 to make the masks but had to bear the rest of the expense on their own which cost an approximate Rs300,000-350,000. “Every year since my father started the work we have always been receiving less and this year as the COVID-19 pandemic looms we are still uncertain whether the amount will stay the same or even lesser says Rajesh”.
Youth activists take to the streets shouting slogans "The Rapist is You" during a flash mob, a rage against rape protest in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, October 10, 2020.
A waiter wearing a protective suit serve a customer as the total number of coronavirus infections breached 100,676 in the latest data at Keepa’s Restaurant in Basantapur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, October 9, 2020.
Shoppers throng the markets as the total number of coronavirus infections breached 100,676 in the latest data in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, October 9, 2020.
A Nepalese woman winnows rice grains during the harvest season on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, October 8, 2020.
Two youngsters sit on a tree plank inside Uma Maheshwor Temple in Kirtipur, Nepal on Wednesday, October 7, 2020.
