Young Buddhist monks hold ceremonial scarves and stand in queue to offer prayers in front of a portrait of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during his 88th birthday celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Nepalese Hindu woman receives TIKA on her forehead while praying to Lord Shiva during the first day of the Sarwan Brata festival, which is observed through prayer and a month of fasting, at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 17 July 2023. Thousands of married and single Nepalese Hindu women gathered in temples on each Monday of the Sawan month (spanning from 17 July to 17 August) to pray for a long and prosperous life of their husbands or for a chance to find a good one. The fasting is undertaken every Monday exclusively by women worshipping Lord Shiva. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





A devotee collects water, which is considered holy, from the Bagmati river during the “Bol Bom” (Say Shiva) pilgrimage during the holy month of Shrawan in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 31, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





A devotee collects “Panchamrit”, a mixture of milk, water, yoghurt, jaggery and honey, at Makhan Pashupatinath temple during the Shrawan Sombar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 31, 2023. (Photo by Monika Malla/Reuters)





A devotee offers prayers to Hindu god Shiva in Bagmati river near Pashupatinath temple during Shravan festivities on the outskirts of Kathmandu on July 31, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Norwegian woman mountain climber Kristin Harila, center and her Nepali Sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, right, who on Thursday set a new record by scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in 92 days arrive at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, August 5, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shreshta/AP Photo)





Family and friends dance as they welcome Norwegian woman mountain climber Kristin Harila, and her Nepali Sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, who on Thursday set a new record by scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in 92 days at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, August 5, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shreshta/AP Photo)





Family and friends wait to welcome Norwegian woman mountain climber Kristin Harila, and her Nepali Sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, who on Thursday set a new record by scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in 92 days as they arrive at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, August 5, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shreshta/AP Photo)





The temples area is flooded as Hanumante River rises following torrential rains in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 08 August 2023. Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology warned of heavy monsoon rains that put several parts of the country at risk of floods and landslides. According to the statement issued by Nepal's Home Ministry on 08 August, at least 38 people have died in monsoon related disasters since mid June 2023. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





A man puts his child on a plastic vessel to play in flood waters of the Bagmati river following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Two men push a motorcycle through flood waters after heavy monsoon rains flooded a vegetable market in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A man looks out from the window of his house in an area flooded by the overflowing Bagmati river following heavy rains, in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 8, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A woman wades along a flooded street in Kathmandu on August 8, 2023, after the Bagmati River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A woman from Nepal's indigenous community wearing traditional ornaments participates in a rally to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous People in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, August 9, 2023. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Mana Maya Shrestha, 47, is seen through the mating chamber as she collects eggs from black soldier flies at a farm set up by female entrepreneurs in Lalitpur, Nepal on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese devotees carry a golden statue of a snake “Nag” at Nagpokhari (Snake pond) in Bhaktapur, Nepal on August 21, 2023. Nepal observes the Nagpanchami, Snake Festival, to pray for protection from rain, landslides, floods and all natural calamities that occur during the monsoon season. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A novice Hindu priest applies cow dung on his body as part of a ritual performed to mark the Janai Purnima festival (Sacred Thread Festival) during which devotees take holy baths and change their sacred thread, also known as Janai, for protection and purification, at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 31, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A participant from the LGBTIQIA+ community holds an umbrella while taking part in the pride parade celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 31, 2023. Nepal's vibrant LGBTQIA+ community and supporters join hands and hearts each year for a spectacular celebration of love, acceptance, and inclusivity during the annual Pride Parade coinciding with the Gai Jatra festival where people commemorate the festival to wish peace for their deceased family members from the previous years. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A participant take part in an annual pride parade organised to mark Gai Jatra festival, also known as the festival of cow in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 31, 2023. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese devotees wearing traditional attire take part in a procession of the Mataya festival as they visit Kumari the Living goddess, at Ratnakar Mahavihar in Patan, Nepal, 01 September 2023. The Mataya festival is celebrated by the Buddhist community in order to wish for peace for family members who have passed away in the last year. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)