Nepal Communist Party cadres stage a protest demanding release of Ram Kumari Jhakri, a leader of former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal led group of Communist Party, after she was arrested over her comments about President Bidya Devi Bhandari over the dissolution of Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, February 11, 2021.
Activists stage a protest outside the Department of Immigration after the news of a proposed regulation, which would restrict women under the age of 40 in Nepal from Travelling freely that would require family’s consent and ward office’s approval to travel abroad independently in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, February 11, 2021.
Anti-Government protesters chant slogans during a torch protest against the dissolution of parliament, ahead of the general strike in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
Anti-Government protesters chant slogans during a torch protest against the dissolution of parliament, ahead of the general strike in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
An artist paints a flag of the Nepal Communist Party ahead of a mass rally in support for Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, after split between NCP chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal led splinter group after the dissolution of Parliament and upcoming elections in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
Cadres affiliated to the main opposition Nepali Congress party are arrested in front of the Federal Parliament during a protest against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s move to dissolve the Parliament and upcoming mid-term elections that would be held in April-May, 2021 in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, January 29, 2021.
Artists take part in a funeral procession during a protest staged by hundreds of men and women from all walks of life to call an end to violence and discrimination against women in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, February 12, 2021.
A line of taxis are parked during a protest after a running taxi was set on fire during the general strike in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, February 6, 2021.
Tens of thousands of people who arrived from various parts of the county take part in a mass gathering, organized by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s supporters in response to the recent protests held by the splinter group of Nepal Communist Party led by former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal after the PM dissolved the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, February 5, 2021.
A supporter poses for a picture next to a portrait of the Prime Minister during a mass gathering, organized by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s supporters in response to the recent protests held by the splinter group of Nepal Communist Party led by former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal after the PM dissolved the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, February 5, 2021.
A man rides on a bicycle while crossing a street in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, February 22, 2021.
Rani Pokhari ‘Queen’s pond’ is illuminated with red colors on World Encephalitis Day, a global awareness day to honor the millions of people affected by encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) by lighting up over 90 Global landmarks around the world in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, February 22, 2021.
A child writes with chalk on a wall during Shree Panchami festival at Goddess Saraswati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Saraswati is considered the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and learning and on this day people especially children go to the temple for their first writing and reading lessons in belief that it will help them excel in education.
Nepalese supports of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party celebrate Nepal’s supreme court order of the reinstatement of Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
Nepalese supports of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party take part in a victory rally after Nepal’s supreme court ordered the reinstatement of Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
Nepalese supports of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party take part in a victory rally after Nepal’s supreme court ordered the reinstatement of Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
